Nº. 1 of  1

Victoria's Rusty Knickers

~ Boresome News Recycled - The Dreary Departed Ruthlessly Resurrected ~

Ask me Anything Archive RSS Mobile

Posts tagged head:

June 27, 2011 with 83 notes
        tags: phrenology. quackery. pseudo science. 19th century. head. box. vintage. miniature.
Wooden case containing 60 small phrenological heads - by William Bally, 1831.

Wooden case containing 60 small phrenological heads - by William Bally, 1831.

June 27, 2011 with 16 notes
        tags: phrenology. quackery. ad. vintage. 19th century. head. health.
The American Phrenological Journal - Know Thyself - Volume 10 1848. via Wikipedia

The American Phrenological Journal - Know Thyself - Volume 10 1848.

via Wikipedia

June 19, 2011 with 33 notes
        tags: andean. condor. bird. zoology. drawing. illustration. humbold. book. 19th century. victorian. vintage. science. head. claw. anatomy.
Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) - from Alexander v. Humboldt’s ‘Beobachtungen aus der Zoologie und Vergleichenden Anatomie’ - 1806 via Wikipedia

Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) - from Alexander v. Humboldt’s ‘Beobachtungen aus der Zoologie und Vergleichenden Anatomie’ - 1806

via Wikipedia

June 17, 2011 with 14 notes
        tags: flower. head. allium. blossom. red. ruby. crimson. magenta. nature. vintage. illustration. drawing. painting. book. 19th century. victorian.
A flower head - possibly of an Allium species. Watercolour - via Wellcome Images

A flower head - possibly of an Allium species.

Watercolour - via Wellcome Images

June 17, 2011 with 13 notes
        tags: dodo. bird. extinct. 19th century. engraving. species. biology. head. victorian. vintage. oddity. strange.
The head of a dodo - coloured stipple engraving. via Wellcome Images

The head of a dodo - coloured stipple engraving.

via Wellcome Images

Centennial Theme by Each & Every. Powered by Tumblr.