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Border with cherubs, arrow piercing hearts, flowers and leavesLa Vie Parisienne (1863)

This top-piece is a sketch-like drawing from a double-page spread in an article about an English couple visiting France. We see two winged cherubs standing facing one another either side of a pediment [...]

Keywords: borders, vignettes, chapterheads, cherubs, boys, romance, putti, bare feet, nudity, greyscale

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Added: 2026-06-14

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The SpiritsLa Vie Parisienne (1863)

We see a heading, Les Spirites (the spirists), drawn as if from the back of a stage or platform in a dimly-lit room or theatre. There’s a large audience, but on stage maybe half a dozen people kneelin [...]

Keywords: spirits, ghosts, spooky, performance, dance, dancing, beetles, insects, musical instruments, guitars, people, kneeling, greyscale

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Added: 2026-02-27

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He blew out his lanternLa Vie Parisienne (1863)

A man with a large nose and a top hat and a wand is blowing at the flame in a lantern that he holds in one hand.

Keywords: people, sketches, top hats, victorian costume, lanterns, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2026-02-27

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Haunted Chest of DrawersLa Vie Parisienne (1863)

At first I thought this chest of drawers was a robot, although in 1865 that seemed unlikely. It has a face made from places where there would normally be drawers: two eyes and a mouth, and a nose and [...]

Keywords: spooky, haunted, furniture, faces, greyscale

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Added: 2026-02-27

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Thomas William Crackfort is cut into six piecesLa Vie Parisienne (1863)

A man, or possibly a marionette or puppet, hangs by the head from a bolt fastened to a wall above, various body parts loose showing the wire or string that connected them. Thomas William Crackfort est [...]

Keywords: spirits, ghosts, execution, puppets, marionettes, sketches, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2026-03-22

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