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books0977: Bookplate (1922). Owner:? A. D. Artist: Franz von Bayros (Austrian, 1866-1924). Don Quixote looks down on nude woman with books. Franz von Bayros was a commercial artist, illustrator, and painter best known for his controversial “Tales at the Dressing Table” portfolio. Von Bayros belonged to the Decadent movement in art, often relying on erotic themes and phantasmagoric imagery.
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my-ear-trumpet: Male fashions – London Refinement 1787
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mediumaevum: The Hunyad Castle is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara (Transylvania), present-day Romania. The castle is a relic of the Hunyadi dynasty. In 1409, the castle was given to John Hunyadi’s father, Voyk, by Sigismund, king of Hungary, as severance. The castle was restored between 1446 and 1453 by his son John Hunyadi. It was built mainly in Gothic style, but has Renaissance architectural elements. It features tall and strong defense towers, an interior yard and a drawbridge. Built over the site of an older fortification and on a rock above the small river Zlaşti, the castle is a large and imposing building with tall and diversely colored roofs, towers and myriad windows and balconies adorned with stone carvings. The current castle is the result of a fanciful restoration campaign undertaken after a disastrous fire and many decades of total neglect. It has been noted that modern “architects projected to it their own wistful interpretations of how a great Gothic castle should look”.
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lord-kitschener: walzerjahrhundert: James Tissot, Captain Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, 1870 *~2fab4U~*
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tracylord: Happy Birthday Tyrone! ↳  (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) “Tyrone Power, as a star, was right up there with Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. And being in his physical presence was almost overwhelming. He was so beautiful, so charming, so gentle, so sensitive, and so kind — to everybody. Sometimes Tyrone would drive over from 20th Century-Fox where he worked to have lunch with Linda. We were all thrilled just to see him — he was so sensational looking.” Debbie Reynolds
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a-l-ancien-regime: Antiquity as a Guide to Nature (via Connoisseurs | Karen Knorr) Travel in the 18th century practiced by the privileged few was a means to an end which often took the form of a collection of object (souvenirs) which found their way to the great  houses and museums of Britain. Rooms in private galleries ( the Dulwich Picture Gallery ) museums ( the Elgin Room in the British Museum) were built specifically to house and commemorate a search for authenticity and beauty. This cultural capital consolidated and celebrated the status of the owner be it the aristocracy, gentry or merchant classes. The existence of individuals endowed with taste is not peculiar to the 18th century. The remnants of these views may still be voiced in the value judgements of the contemporary critic and collector. Today’s connoisseur is yesterday’s man of taste. 
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theniftyfifties: Audrey Hepburn for Life magazine, 1955.
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monsieurlabette: Man with a Red Book - , Luigi Lucioni
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rogerwilkerson: Jean Patchett for Underwood Typewriters!  Ask him for the new Underwood Electric… it makes you both look good! 1955
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sixthland: In the library (by sixthland)
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