tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post6366673318139587933..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Victorian Colour PlatesSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-88606746450698844112011-01-10T09:20:46.222+00:002011-01-10T09:20:46.222+00:00A farthing a day more like.
Thanks for the link....A farthing a day more like. <br /><br />Thanks for the link. I will now Google "Andrew Lang" and "opium" ;)Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-41170954084591202222011-01-09T23:04:51.938+00:002011-01-09T23:04:51.938+00:00Here's the cat story (without disturbing origi...Here's the cat story (without disturbing original ills): http://mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/310.htmLucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-5174766569905618412011-01-09T23:02:17.111+00:002011-01-09T23:02:17.111+00:00Think the interspecies story must be "The Whi...Think the interspecies story must be "The White Cat" which appears in one of the Andrew Lang coloured Fairy Books. The denouement is even more shocking... The yummy mummy appears to be wearing a "tea gown", which was a warm velvet dress you could wear at home (without a corset). Is that all her own hair? As for colour printing, what about all those late 18th century Mother Goose books? Or were they coloured by hand by children paid 1/4d an hour?Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-82441186050251920252010-12-31T01:26:59.745+00:002010-12-31T01:26:59.745+00:00Aha, that was enough to go on. Many thanks!Aha, that was enough to go on. Many thanks!Biscuithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943228742048113256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-806735963947276622010-12-30T23:51:35.119+00:002010-12-30T23:51:35.119+00:00I really couldn't! All I will say is that it i...I really couldn't! All I will say is that it involves an ostrich and a cat.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-24496740621420574892010-12-30T21:45:53.830+00:002010-12-30T21:45:53.830+00:00oh, please tell us the joke!oh, please tell us the joke!Biscuithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943228742048113256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-45597948700555655592010-12-21T09:53:40.022+00:002010-12-21T09:53:40.022+00:00An early example of the 'yummy mummy' in t...An early example of the 'yummy mummy' in the earlier prints methinks.<br /><br />Fantastic but disturbing inter-species imagery as you say.<br /><br />Re the last few plates, I'll bet both little boys (virtuous and non-virtuous) died at the end - as was almost always the case in Victorian children's books to prove some moral point or other, though this did make it difficult to see the benefits of virtue if the same fate awaited the good child as the naughty one, unless he was supposed to receive his just rewards in heaven.<br /><br />I have no trouble believing most Victorians (even wealthy ones) were shivering most of the time, hence all the textile yardage.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-3721376266103366482010-12-21T08:35:17.682+00:002010-12-21T08:35:17.682+00:00I agree Christine. Rightly or wrongly, we don'...I agree Christine. Rightly or wrongly, we don't use the word coward any more.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-54844865752700822392010-12-21T07:45:06.303+00:002010-12-21T07:45:06.303+00:00Fascinating group of plates, Steerforth. The canin...Fascinating group of plates, Steerforth. The canine/feline theme is delightfully weird!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-22126059820665885042010-12-21T07:11:57.192+00:002010-12-21T07:11:57.192+00:00Thank you for that. The inter-species plates are t...Thank you for that. The inter-species plates are truly weird and wonderful! And the Victorian psychology explaining Robert's behaviour is wonderfully simple. Nowadays I suppose the experts would say that Robert "couldn't manage" to tell the truth because he had low self-esteem and simply needed more support from everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com