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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)

Black Rose (Black Series)

Amazon.com: Black Rose (Black Series) eBook : Whitehead, F.D.: Kindle Store

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Moonlight (1885) by George Innes (1825 - 1894, American)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dawn (1907) by Edmund Hodgson Smart (1873 - 1942, British)

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.

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Midnight (1922) by Stanislaw Zukowski (1973 - 1944, Polish)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Le Reverences de la lune (circa 1890) by Georges Giradot (1856 - 1914, French)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The Silence (date unknown) by Harald Sohlberg (1869 - 1935, Norwegian)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Reflection of an Intimate World (1984) by Maria Yunchikova (1870 - 1902)

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Flora (1901) by Max Nonnenbruch (1857 - 1922, German)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ophelia (date unknown) by Henri-Pierre Picou (1824 - 1895, French)

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

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

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

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

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Lamia and the Soldier (1905) by John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917, English)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Enigma (1938) by George Owen Wynne Apperley (1884 - 1960, British)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Dream (1905) by Joan Brull i Vinyoles (1863 - 1912, Catalan)

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Love (circa 1862) by Sir John Everett Millais (1829 - 1896, English)

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Le Bal de L’Opera (1886) by Henri Gervex (1852 - 1929, French)

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

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

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

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)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

The Pond at Versailles in Autumn (1916) by Henri Le Sidaner (1862 - 1939, French)

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

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

La Soirée Parisienne (1904) by Catherine Engelhart Amyot (1845 - 1926, Danish)

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.

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

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The Arbor (1906) by Gaston de la Touché (1854 - 1913, French)

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

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Summer Evening in Reykjavík (1905) by Þórarinn Benedikt Þorláksson (February 14, 1867 – July 10, 1924, Icelandic)

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Figure in the Moonlight (ca. 1880) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, English)

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

White Lilacs (ca. 1912) by Willard Metcalf (1858 - 1925, American)

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

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The Haunted House (for Harpers Monthly, 1904) by Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911, American Illustrator, Painter and Author)

MellanieLW @mellanielw.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Watching a Moonlit Lake (1880) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893, English)

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

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

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