Morbid Whimsy
Month: January 2016
The White Dove, A Fairytale
by Ethan Allen Hitchcock, 1863
A young girl was once riding in a coach with her master and mistress through a large wood ; and when they came to the middle of it, a band of robbers rushed out of a thicket, and killed all whom they found. Thus all were killed except the maid, who had jumped in terror out of the coach and hidden herself behind a tree.
Young Wife Murdered
From The Breckenridge Bulletin
~ May 19,1906 ~
Death, An Appointment
To love here on Earth,
Is indeed to prepare the way for sorrow,
for all who love must be parted,
by the great appointment.
~ From Sermons of Consolation by F.W. P. Greenwood, 1847 ~
Crow & Willow Tree
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 柳に鴉図
Crow and Willow Tree is a painting from the Meiji period (1868-1912) by Kawanabe Kyōsai. Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk.
~ 1887 ~
Death’s Momento: Emil Melmoth
Emil Melmoth is a visual artist and horror lover with a predilection for sculpture. This is a detail from a piece called “Momento.”
The Dissection Room
~ The Dissection Room at Cambridge University, 1888 ~
