the detailing of royal jewels in portraits
Portrait of Maria Fyodorovna - Ivan Kramskoi (1880)
Portrait of Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) - Konstantin Makovsky
Janet Campbell - Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Portrait of Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry - Alexandre Jean Dubois-Drahonet (1800-1865)
Queen Henrietta Maria - Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1637)
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies - Valentín Carderera y Solano (1831)
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia - A. Maliukov (1836)
Maria Anna of Bavaria - Joseph Karl Stiele (1842)
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies - Vicente López Portaña (1830)
“flowers and mirror” - abbott fuller graves
Fyodor Dostoevsky's manuscript draft of The Brothers Karamazov. via twitter
That time of year
Over the Garden Wall
Chapter 10 - The Unknown
can someone just serenade me with shakespeare sonnets and maybe kiss my hand idk
oh to be a duck, peacefully floating in the water, softly quacking
the moon and her stars
visit the beach, strolling along the sand with a battered paperback in your hands
like a page in your scrapbook with ribbons, beautiful calligraphy and moments that make you smile
write poetry about somebody you've never met before
learn how to perfectly make your favourite drink, practise until you couldn't possibly make it better
write as many letters as you can - to your past self, future self, future friends or lovers - whoever you like
learn phrases that you think are beautiful in another language, even if you don't learn the whole language
overanalyse every book you read, or, only read it once! allow it to hold on to your heart rather than your head
make art with no thought to it, bold strokes, soft pencil marks, whatever speaks to you
dance around your room alone to slow songs and realise you are truly lovely, my dear