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MellanieLW
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Fan of the gothic, art and photographic history, myth and fairytale in a social context.
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Paolo and Francesca (ca 1911) by Rose O’Neill (1874 - 1944, American)
Graphite and watercolour depicting the tragic lovers from Dante’s Inferno, Paolo is sitting leaning back with his hands supporting and leaning down into a kiss is Francesca
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Love (circa 1862) by Sir John Everett Millais (1829 - 1896, English)
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Penelope (1869) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882, British)
Penelope is depicted with long brown hair sitting wearing a gauzy long golden orange toned dress, her head tilted to the right side leaning on the back of her right hand while her left hand is holding a spindle and the fabric of her dress. Her gaze is into the distance thinking of her absent husband
October 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Le Bal de L’Opera (1886) by Henri Gervex (1852 - 1929, French)
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Antes de La Boda - Before the Wedding (1882) by Antonio Muñoz y Degrain (1840 - 1924, Spanish)
A dark haired young woman sits in her wedding dress, eyes closed and her hands clasped in her lap
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Elegant Ladies at rest beside a pond (date n/k) by Louis Émile Adan (1839 - 1937, French)
Two young ladies in white dresses sit together looking into the distance beside a deep pond overlooked by oak and willow trees
October 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Moonlight Night (1880) by Ivan Kramskoi (1837 - 1887, Russian)
A young woman in a long white dress sits on a bench by a pond looking contemplative by moonlight
September 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Young Lady looking at the Summer Night from an Open Door of a Veranda (1865) by Jørgen Valentin Sonne (1801 – 1890, Danish)
September 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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The Pond at Versailles in Autumn (1916) by Henri Le Sidaner (1862 - 1939, French)
September 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Falling Stars (1912) by Franz Stuck (1863 - 1928, German)
A young couple sit in a pastoral landscape stargazing, the woman entranced by the shooting stars while the man only has eyes for her
September 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Autumn Glory: The Old Mill (1869) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, British)
A view through the woods of an old wood built mill in the distance, sunlit against the darker woodland
August 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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La Soirée Parisienne (1904) by Catherine Engelhart Amyot (1845 - 1926, Danish)
August 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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The Old-Fashioned Gown (1921) by Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851 - 1938, American)
A young woman with long bobbed brown hair stands looking into the unseen distance wearing a long off white gown. The room is painted in similar shade to the dress and panelled with only a brown shaded floor and the walls to be seen.
July 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Waiting up for Him, Venice (1849) by Carlo Bossoli (1815 - 1884, Italian-Swiss)
A young woman stands overlooking the water by moonlight in Venice
July 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Evening in front of the Mediterranean Sea, Côte d’Azur (date n/k) by Marcel Rieder (1862 - 1942, French)
Two young women in white dresses sit and stand respectively by a seaside wall looking into the distance. There is a round table with a white cloth and evening setting lit by a lamp
June 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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The Arbor (1906) by Gaston de la Touché (1854 - 1913, French)
June 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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La Ninfa Rossa (The Red Nymph) circa 1904 by Plino Nomellini (1866 - 1943, Italian)
A young woman in a red Grecian style dress stands beside a tree surrounded by autumnal red tinged foliage. She has both arms held aloft holding a flower crown upon her head
June 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Boating by Moonlight (1878) by Arthur Parton (1842 - 1914, American)
A single riverboat glides gently along a yellow moonlit river, the moon hanging low and visible under the bough of a tree on the bank
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Summer Evening in Reykjavík (1905) by Þórarinn Benedikt Þorláksson (February 14, 1867 – July 10, 1924, Icelandic)
May 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Serenity (1896) by Jules-Alexis Muenier (1863 - 1942, French)
A young woman lies on a grassy riverbank at twilight. She is dressed in white, propped in her elbows and gazing at a distant pastoral scene
May 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Figure in the Moonlight (ca. 1880) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, English)
May 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Dawn (date unknown) by Benjamin Haughton (1865 - 1924, British)
A garden filled with greenery sits silent with dawn approaching, the sky turning pale blue and the half moon high. There is a stone staircase with imposing finials either side ahead leading up to a manor house where a single lit window can be seen
May 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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White Lilacs (ca. 1912) by Willard Metcalf (1858 - 1925, American)
May 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Night Vigil (date unknown, 1870’s) by John Atkinson. Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, British)
A young woman in white Romanesque clothing stands in a garden surrounded by flowers in the moonlight
May 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The Haunted House (for Harpers Monthly, 1904) by Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911, American Illustrator, Painter and Author)
May 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM