Siblings of Saint Nick
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Asylum Artwork by Noah Tar Collection #3
You may remember that back in June we looked at the tragic circumstances surrounding Noah Tar’s death. The ruling was suicide which was patently absurd. However, short of getting permission to dig up his remains to carry out a forensic investigation, we can’t officially prove the real cause of his death. Out of respect for…
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The Siblings of Saint Rupert Collection #4
Today we have curated a nice slab of the Victorian Gothic. We now know that the Siblings of Saint Rupert spread from the south of England to the north. It was written on the back of image #8: “As we embrace Saint Rupert and spread His darkness across the land, more and more children flock…
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Asylum Artwork by Noah Tar Collection #2
Today we present to you more artwork by Noah Tar. We find them to be equally disturbing and beautiful. The complexity is alluring. I have personally stared at photograph #10 for hours, trying to work out the relationship between the circles and symbols. And then there’s those mysterious scribbles… I can’t help but think that…
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Asylum Artwork by Noah Tar Collection #1
Despite reforms in the first part of the 19th century, mental health treatment during the Victorian years could still be a gruelling experience depending on where a patient ended up. Like poverty, it was largely seen as a moral failing rather than a serious illness. Some treatment was nothing short of barbaric. Nobody knew this…
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The Siblings of Saint Rupert Collection #3
It seems like we can’t get further than a week before someone asks us to share more images of the Siblings. It’d be mildly annoying if we didn’t share your enthusiasm. We thought it’d be interesting to display some new aspects of this cult and invite anyone who has useful information that we’re missing to…
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The Siblings of Saint Rupert Collection #2
A few people have contacted us since we published our first Siblings collection, asking us for more images of this obscure secret society/ cult. We are only too happy to oblige. The Siblings are a fascinating Victorian subject and we just and so happen to have reams of photographs at our disposal. Today we are…
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The Siblings of Saint Rupert Collection #1
On this day, precisely 150 years ago, a secret society known as The Siblings of Saint Rupert held its first ritual. Precious nothing was known about the siblings until an anonymous collector sent us these images which were rigorously analysed and verified by numerous experts. You will notice that on each of the photographs there’s…
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