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MellanieLW

@mellanielw.bsky.social
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Fan of the gothic, art and photographic history, myth and fairytale in a social context.

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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Old Gateway (date n/k) by Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864 - 1930, British)
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Late To The Beard Party @beardparty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I self-published a book a few years ago and really should mention it more often (blerb in the following posts). [US Store](www.amazon.com/dp/B07P5P6MPY) [UK Store](www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07P5P6MPY)
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Black Rose (Black Series)
Amazon.com: Black Rose (Black Series) eBook : Whitehead, F.D.: Kindle Store
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Moonlight (1885) by George Innes (1825 - 1894, American)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dawn (1907) by Edmund Hodgson Smart (1873 - 1942, British)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Leda (1929) by Norman Lindsay (1879 - 1969, Australian)
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Late To The Beard Party @beardparty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A friend of mine is in need of some support for an injured kitten, if you are able to donate, it would be appreciated.
gofund.me
Donate to Surgery, organized by Michaela Newton
Hello I have a 4 month kitten that had an accident about a week ago which involved her leg being badly injured… Michaela Newton needs your support for Surgery
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Midnight (1922) by Stanislaw Zukowski (1973 - 1944, Polish)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Le Reverences de la lune (circa 1890) by Georges Giradot (1856 - 1914, French)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The Silence (date unknown) by Harald Sohlberg (1869 - 1935, Norwegian)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Reflection of an Intimate World (1984) by Maria Yunchikova (1870 - 1902)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Lorelei (1874) by Theodore Kaufman (1814 - 1896, German, emigrated to America 1950)
A young woman with long, wavy blonde hair sits high upon a rocky cliff side looking down at the sea by moonlight
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Flora (1901) by Max Nonnenbruch (1857 - 1922, German)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Ophelia (date unknown) by Henri-Pierre Picou (1824 - 1895, French)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
La Somnambule (The Sleepwalker) 1897 by Édouard Rosset-Granger (1853 - 1934, French)
A young woman in nightgown and dressing gown walks in a dark hallway lit by a small lamp she holds in her right hand, her eyes are fixed on the distance and she has a slight smile
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Waiting (1921) by Marcus Stone (1840 - 1921, British)
A dark haired young woman in a long green dress with cream trim sits upon a brick wall in a garden surrounded by foliage and trees.  She is gazing into the distance while she waits expectantly
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Paris Nocturne (1889) by Frederick Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935, American)
A woman dressed in black late 19th century garb walks at night in Paris
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Farandoleuses: Maidens dancing in the moonlight (date n/k) by Ludovic Alleaume (FRENCH, 1859-1941)
A group of young women in white dresses dance in the clouded moonlight in a garden surrounded by tall hedges and beside a tall cypress tree and flowers
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Echo (1900) by Talbot Hughes (1869 - 1942, British)
A beautiful young woman with red up elaborately decorated with flowers and in a long floral gown lays partially upright in rocky ground surrounded by rocky outcrop and flowers, her hand is held to her her head and her look is somewhat inscrutable
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Lamia and the Soldier (1905) by John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917, English)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Enigma (1938) by George Owen Wynne Apperley (1884 - 1960, British)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The Dream (1905) by Joan Brull i Vinyoles (1863 - 1912, Catalan)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Paolo and Francesca (ca 1911) by Rose O’Neill (1874 - 1944, American)
Graphite and watercolour depicting the tragic lovers from Dante’s Inferno, Paolo is sitting leaning back with his hands supporting and leaning down into a kiss is Francesca
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Love (circa 1862) by Sir John Everett Millais (1829 - 1896, English)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Penelope (1869) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882, British)
Penelope is depicted with long brown hair sitting wearing a gauzy long golden orange toned dress, her head tilted to the right side leaning on the back of her right hand while her left hand is holding a spindle and the fabric of her dress.  Her gaze is into the distance thinking of her absent husband
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Le Bal de L’Opera (1886) by Henri Gervex (1852 - 1929, French)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Antes de La Boda - Before the Wedding (1882) by Antonio Muñoz y Degrain (1840 - 1924, Spanish)
A dark haired young woman sits in her wedding dress, eyes closed and her hands clasped in her lap
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Elegant Ladies at rest beside a pond (date n/k) by Louis Émile Adan (1839 - 1937, French)
Two young ladies in white dresses sit together looking into the distance beside a deep pond overlooked by oak and willow trees
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Moonlight Night (1880) by Ivan Kramskoi (1837 - 1887, Russian)
A young woman in a long white dress sits on a bench by a pond looking contemplative by moonlight
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Young Lady looking at the Summer Night from an Open Door of a Veranda (1865) by Jørgen Valentin Sonne (1801 – 1890, Danish)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The Pond at Versailles in Autumn (1916) by Henri Le Sidaner (1862 - 1939, French)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Falling Stars (1912) by Franz Stuck (1863 - 1928, German)
A young couple sit in a pastoral landscape stargazing, the woman entranced by the shooting stars while the man only has eyes for her
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Autumn Glory: The Old Mill (1869) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, British)
A view through the woods of an old wood built mill in the distance, sunlit against the darker woodland
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
La Soirée Parisienne (1904) by Catherine Engelhart Amyot (1845 - 1926, Danish)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
The Old-Fashioned Gown (1921) by Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851 - 1938, American)
A young woman with long bobbed brown hair stands looking into the unseen distance wearing a long off white gown.  The room is painted in similar shade to the dress and panelled with only a brown shaded floor and the walls to be seen.
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Waiting up for Him, Venice (1849) by Carlo Bossoli (1815 - 1884, Italian-Swiss)
A young woman stands overlooking the water by moonlight in Venice
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Evening in front of the Mediterranean Sea, Côte d’Azur (date n/k) by Marcel Rieder (1862 - 1942, French)
Two young women in white dresses sit and stand respectively by a seaside wall looking into the distance.  There is a round table with a white cloth and evening setting lit by a lamp
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The Arbor (1906) by Gaston de la Touché (1854 - 1913, French)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
La Ninfa Rossa (The Red Nymph) circa 1904 by Plino Nomellini (1866 - 1943, Italian)
A young woman in a red Grecian style dress stands beside a tree surrounded by autumnal red tinged foliage.  She has both arms held aloft holding a flower crown upon her head
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Boating by Moonlight (1878) by Arthur Parton (1842 - 1914, American)
A single riverboat glides gently along a yellow moonlit river, the moon hanging low and visible under the bough of a tree on the bank
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Summer Evening in Reykjavík (1905) by Þórarinn Benedikt Þorláksson (February 14, 1867 – July 10, 1924, Icelandic)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Serenity (1896) by Jules-Alexis Muenier (1863 - 1942, French)
A young woman lies on a grassy riverbank at twilight.  She is dressed in white, propped in her elbows and gazing at a distant pastoral scene
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Figure in the Moonlight (ca. 1880) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, English)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Dawn (date unknown) by Benjamin Haughton (1865 - 1924, British)
A garden filled with greenery sits silent with dawn approaching, the sky turning pale blue and the half moon high.  There is a stone staircase with imposing finials either side ahead leading up to a manor house where a single lit window can be seen
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
White Lilacs (ca. 1912) by Willard Metcalf (1858 - 1925, American)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Night Vigil (date unknown, 1870’s) by John Atkinson. Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, British)
A young woman in white Romanesque clothing stands in a garden surrounded by flowers in the moonlight
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The Haunted House (for Harpers Monthly, 1904) by Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911, American Illustrator, Painter and Author)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Watching a Moonlit Lake (1880) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, English)
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Girl on a Balcony (ca. 1850) attributed to Bernhard Stange (1807 - 1880, German)
A young woman stands by the balustrade on a balcony looking at the moon over an occluded cityscape
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Contemplation by Moonlight (date unknown) by Bernhard Stange (1807 - 1880, German)
A woman sits at distance from the viewer on set of stone steps, surrounded by tall trees in the moonlight
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MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Milenci V trávě (Lovers in the Grass) date unknown by Alois Kalvosa (1875 - 1934, Czech)
A young man and woman sit closely together in a lush green and flower filled area under a blossom filled tree, seemingly in their own world
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