Tag: Gothic
Tag Description:White Window Treatments for City Windows
In some Asian and Slavic cultures, white is considered to be a color that represents death; a feeling shared by the author of this brief article which was published in the March 1896 issue of The Ladies’ World. I personally think that white makes a nice contrast against the red brick and brownstone of Victorian [...]
Art Nouveau Dancing Skeleton Illustrates Gothic Victorian Poem
The gentle flowers and creatures of the woods are no match for Death in this Gothic Victorian poem, first published in The Ladies’ Repository, 1857. Art Nouveau illustration of a gleeful, if not sly, dancing representation of death can be used as clip art for edgier craft projects. The People of the Woods By Carrie [...]
The Desolated
A Victorian poem of regret and failed romance originally published in Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine. With a vintage clip art illustration for your amusement. The Desolated By Hattie Boomer Barber, Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine, November 1859 Too late I learned to prize thy worth, Too late thy faithful heart did prove; And now through [...]
A Folk-Lore Legend: A Ghostly Victorian Poem
The ghost of a beloved departed mother returns to console her children, who are habitually beaten and abused by their evil stepmother in this Gothic Victorian poem. A Folk-Lore Legend By Catharine Allan, Peterson’s Magazine, 1884 “Come back to us mother,” the little ones cried; Come back to us, mother dear.” And they flung themselves [...]
Why Are You Weeping, Sister?
Why Are You Weeping, Sister? Why are you weeping, Sister? Why are you sitting alone? I’m bent and gray And I’ve lost the way! All my tomorrows were yesterday! I traded them off for a wanton’s pay. I bartered my graces for silks and laces My heart I sold for a pot of gold– Now [...]
Sad Victorian Boy Longs to be Set Free
The birds! The birds! How they mock him. Suffering from ennui with a side of malaise, all the young Master can do is wish for sunnier days and better circumstances as he pines away indoors. Perhaps you can find a good use for this vintage Victorian engraving, a Gothic bit of clip art as ever [...]
