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Psychedelic Art in Victorian England Collection #1
Many people still believe that psychedelia grew out of various counterculture movements of the 1960s. Today we hope to correct this misconception once and for all. We know that psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and DMT have been used for thousands of years all over the world. Here in England, magic mushrooms grow in the…
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The Gentlemen’s Moth Appreciation Society of England Collection #1
The Gentlemen’s Moth Appreciation Society of England was founded in 1768. It was the governing body of all 57 registered moth societies across the country until its abrupt disbanding in 1900. This society converged around a shared, often lifelong love of the moth. While many of us are terrified by the mere mention of this…
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A Fortune Teller and Her Apprentice
These exquisite images depict an often ignored and misunderstood community of travellers who occassionally passed through Victorian England during the earlier part of the 19th century. Photograph #1 is of Ravenna Genovese, an Italian fortune teller who was, according to local folklore, 150 years old. More impressive than this is that she never once charged…
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Beachside Collection #1
Today’s collection was gratefully received from an anonymous collector who claims to be a relative of the photographer. We have good reason to believe that the location of these photographs was Skegness around 1890. The only clue we have for this is those background buildings in photograph #5 which matches other photographs of Skegness around…
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