Burning Papers: Women, Fire, and AgencySome version of these things is now my one-step-short-of-OFFI
Burning Papers: Women, Fire, and AgencySome version of these things is now my one-step-short-of-OFFICIAL dissertation topic! As such, get ready to see a lot of fire around here for the next… oh, hundred years.Images: Edward Henry Corbould, Retrospection (watercolor) (ca. 1840) [SOURCE UNKNOWN–GET IN TOUCH PLS IF YOU KNOW MORE!]August Toulmouche, La Lettre (1874) [Sotheby’s]JMW Turner’s Burning of the Houses of Parliament (1834-5) [Tate]Illustrated London News: “Burned to Death Through Reading in Bed” (1886) [via Bob Nicholson on Twitter]Sir Frederic Leighton, Flaming June (1895) [Museo de Arte de Ponce, PR]Jean-Baptiste Mallet, Lady Burning Letters in an Elegant Interior (1832) [Christie’s]Carl Schweninger the Younger, Forlorn/Unrequited Love [Verlorene Liebe] (pre-1912?) [Wiki]Punch cartoon, “Punch’s Advice to Ladies” on firescreens for crinolines (21 Feb 1863) [full issue online]Millais, Autumn Leaves (1856) [Manchester City Art Gallery] -- source link
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