victorian art
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #10
Today we follow the evolution of the previous four collections of Victorian cards. As we have seen before, these cards have images on both sides. In this particular instance, we have shown the rear first and then the front image. Most are almost mirror images of each other. We know for certain that these are…
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Floating Heads Cabaret Collection #2
Today we bring to you more photographs from the west end of London circa 1880 to 1900. As previously mentioned, this club was a hotbed for the advent of European bohemians and creatives. It is recorded that the likes of Squire Bancroft, Ivan Berlyn and John Clayton visited there alongside the highly regarded double act…
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A Day Out at Louse Park of Lancaster Collection #1
Today we begin to archive photographs taken at Louse Park of Lancaster. The park has long disappeared in its original form of celebrating the insect. However, during the late 19th century it was a hot spot for ladies to visit; particularly on a Sunday when it was guaranteed that the photographer Maxwell Bailey would be…
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Asylum Artwork by Peter Trout Collection #2
You may have noticed that compared to the other asylum artworks, Mr Trout’s are fairly clean. There are no desperate scratches or manic scribbles; the subjects are at least fathomable in a literal sense. We believe that this is because Mr Trout had a background in illustration. It is possible that after the trauma he…
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Asylum Artwork by Peter Trout Collection #1
Today we begin archiving the artwork of Mr Peter Trout. Mr Trout had carved a living out of painting medical illustrations. He had graduated aged 16 at a technical college in Oxford where he excelled in the artform. He worked extensively with universities and book publishers across the world. After visiting the theatre with his…
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Floating Heads Cabaret Collection #1
These beautiful photographs were taken in a small nocturnal cabaret club in the West End of London circa 1880. This little known style of theatre and dance spread across the European underground for approximately twenty years before disappearing with little trace. The 1880s was an interesting time to be alive. As we’ve noted before, society…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #9
The occult triangle has many meanings depending on which esoteric discipline you’re reading about, of which there are thousands. With these particular cards, which were carried by practitioners of white magick (essentially ‘postitive magic’), they were used for protection against three very specific threats: practitioners of black magick (negative magic), invisible poisons (understood to be…
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Skink Magazine; The Victorian BDSM Catalogue Collection #2
As you can see from this collection, the craftsmanship that went into the masks and costumes is second to none. It’s almost as if they were wasted given that they were essentially used as private bedroom props. Disclaimer: you may be unsurprised to learn that none of the staff at TVUP are versed in BDSM…
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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 Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #8
Since starting this project, we’ve found ourselves inundated with private collectors asking for our opinion on certain objects, collectables and photographs. We are extremely grateful to those people and, resources permitting, we will try to help any which way we can. These card illustrations were sent to us after the collector noticed a likeness to…
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