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The Gothic Artwork of Vincent Pugh Collection #6
Today we are going to archive the next set of Mr Pugh’s archive which he called “Sinners” For obvious reasons. As is customary, we have also included several reference photographs. However, we don’t know if these influenced the paintings in this particular collection. We shall have more information on these paintings next time. TVUP
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The Chess People of Bishops’ Island Collection #2
Today we return to Bishops’ Island. You can see from these photographs that some members of the tribe are quite short (photographs #4 and #7). The summer of 1892 researchers first wondered if they were children as most islanders wore masks and helmets so weren’t immediately recognisable. However, as the visit went on, they met…
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Skink Magazine; The Victorian BDSM Catalogue Collection #3
Today we archive more of the photography found in the only Victorian kink magazine we are aware of. This time we wanted to show another theme running through the pages. We would like to say that this is where the Spiderman franchise got its superhero costume ideas from, but that would potentially land us in…
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Domingo’s Haunted Puppet Show Collection #3
This is going to be the last puppet collection for a short while. We are presently sitting on top of a pile of new collections which we are hoping to put out over the next couple of weeks so you might see a slight increase in our output. We would like to say thank you…
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The Festival of Grime Collection #1
Victorian photography tended to favour either landscapes or single subject portraits. The latter was preferred because too much clutter would often result in jarring objects ruining the delicately considered composition. Today’s technology doesn’t have anywhere near the same problems. Anyone with a half decent camera on their phone has the ability to take stunning images…
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A Murder of Scarecrows Collection #1
Between 1869 and 1875 there was such a profession as a human scarecrow. Because the bird population had temporarily increased owed to industrial displacement, farmers and other landowners experimented with tougher security measures. The idea was to employ poor people to march around their land wearing terrifying costumes, hoping this would deter what one farmer…
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The Rebel Artists Collection #2
Today’s collection is one of the the most precious in our archives and demonstrates the importance of documenting the fringes of any society so that no life is forgotten. Stencilling as an act of rebellion goes back hundreds of years and we are glad that it had found its way into Victorian life. The images…
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