Printable Vintage Art: Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot, Countess Brownlow by Sir Frederic Leighton

Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot, Countess Brownlow (1844-1917), c1879
by Sir Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)

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But he who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.
― Anne Brontë

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
― William Butler Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

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About the subject of the painting
A full-length portrait of a young woman, standing, turned slightly to proper left, gazing to bottom left, wearing a voluminous draped ivory gown and holding a posy of pink roses to her right shoulder in her right hand. Against blue sky, with large white cumulus and cirrus clouds, and parkland at Ashridge, Hertfordshire.

Adelaide was the youngest of three daughters of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Lady Sarah Elizabeth Beresford. She married Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921), son of John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford and Lady Marianne Margaret Compton, on 22 June 1868 at Ford Castle, Northumberland. They lived at Belton and Ashridge Park, Herefordshire, She died at Carlton Terrace, London, England, after a long illness, without issue. Her sisters became Countess of Pembroke and Countess Cowper respectively.

In 1893 Lady Paget described Lady Brownlow as the “most beautiful of three sisters, every one of them the salt of the earth. She was seated between Lady Lothian and Lady Pembroke, the former in trailing black and the latter in trailing white draperies. Lady Brownlow was in sober grey of the same make, and they looked like the Three Fates. They all asked questions in high-pitched voices.”

Sources:
[1] Original image and description from National Trust Collections.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as an 8 x 13 @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Summer Days by Vicente Palmaroli

Summer Days, c1885
by Vicente Palmaroli (1834–1896)

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If I had two lives, I’d have lived one permanently at the beach.
― Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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About the painting:
Sitting near the seashore, a lady puts her reading aside for a moment to turn and look out at the spectator. Despite her location out on the beach, she wears a long purple skirt with splendid black lace decoration, a white pinafore, a comfortable shawl and a hat with blond lace and feathers. In her hand she holds a small parasol. She appears to have settled comfortably and sits at a distance from the other holiday-makers and next to a number of rush-bottomed chairs (for resting by the sea), other useful beach items, and a few articles of clothing. Reserved, reading and surprised in her solitude, there is a melancholic, refined air about this female holiday-maker that is greatly in keeping with both the tastes of the European upper-middle class of the last quarter of the 19th century and a stereotype of bourgeois femininity well-known through literature and reflected in a perfectly defined type of art.

Palmaroli often went to the beaches at Trouville-sur-mer, in the Calvados region of Normandy, summering there between 1873 and 1883 in a fashionable location graced by the presence of famous painters and writers such as Gustave Flaubert, Marcel Proust, Claude Monet and Eugène Boudin – all of whom contributed in their way, as did Palmaroli in his, to passing down the image of the upper echelons of the European bourgeoisie of their time.

Sources:
[1] Original image and description from Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 9” x 12” @ 300 ppi JPEG.

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Here is a video of a walking tour through Trouville-sur-mer,
France's most beautiful fishing village,
(where the painting is supposed to have been set):



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Printable Vintage Art: Cat in Summer Greenery by Bruno Liljefors

Cat in Summer Greenery, 1884
by Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939)

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“What's your name,” Coraline asked the cat. “Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?”
“Cats don't have names,” it said.
“No?” said Coraline.
“No,” said the cat. “Now you people have names.
That's because you don't know who you are.
We know who we are, so we don't need names.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.
Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her?
“People always forget the rest of the saying,” she complained.
“‘And satisfaction brought it back.”
― Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice
Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as an 8” x 10” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Photo for Collage Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl, c1850

Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl
by Albert Sands Southworth (1811–1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901)
of Southworth and Hawes Photography Studio (active 1843–1863)

I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'--her face was on a sudden distraught with pain--'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart.
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

All I could think about as I stood there was that sometimes life gave you a tragedy that burned everything you knew to the ground and changed you completely. But somehow, if you really wanted to, you could learn how to hold your breath as you made your way through the smoke left in its wake and you could keep going. And sometimes, sometimes, you could grow something beautiful from the ashes that were left behind. If you were lucky.
― Mariana Zapata, Wait for It

Sources:
[1] Original image from The Met.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the photo (seen above), downloadable as a 9” x 12” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Woman in the Garden by Giuseppe De Nittis

Don’t wish me happiness--
I don’t expect to be happy, but it’s gotten beyond that, somehow.
Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor—I will need them all.
― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh

She was like the sun,
She knew her place in the world -
She would shine again regardless
of all the storms and changeable weather
She wouldn't adjust her purpose
for things that pass.
― Nikki Rowe

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 9.5” x 8” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: The Young Duchess by John Faed

The Young Duchess, 1870
by John Faed (1819–1902)
Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream outside of the lines and become who they’re destined to be.
― Jennifer Elisabeth, Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl

Life has a tendency to provide a person with what they need in order to grow. Our beliefs, what we value in life, provide the roadmap for the type of life that we experience. A period of personal unhappiness reveals that our values are misplaced and we are on the wrong path. Unless a person changes their values and ideas, they will continue to experience discontentment.
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as an 8” x 10” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: A Bouquet of Poppies by the Window by Olga Wisinger-Florian

A Bouquet of Poppies by the Window, before 1926
by Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926)

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.
― Veronica Roth

For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you. And when you see your own bright beauty springing up anew at your feet, think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 9” x 12” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Before the Ball by Jules-Charles Aviat

Before the Ball
by Jules-Charles Aviat (1844–1931)
Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.
― Nicholas Sparks

It is said there are flowers that bloom only once in a hundred years. Why should there not be some that bloom once in a thousand, in ten thousand years? Perhaps we never know about them simply because this “once in a thousand years” has come today.
― Zamyatin, We

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 5” x 7” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Marie Pauline Galichon by Edouard Louis Dubufe

May you walk gently, friend of light, with a heart unarmored yet strong. May your kindness be your way of saying yes to life again and again — until one day you discover that your simple acts of goodness have quietly transformed the very world that once seemed so cold.
― An Marke

In art, as in love, tenderness is what gives strength.
― Oscar Wilde

Marie Pauline Galichon (1832–1904), aged 18. Married in 1853 to Count Ladislas Jules de Beaussier (1826-1892). Portrait painted in 1850 by Edouard Louis Dubufe (1819–1883).

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 8" x 10" @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Under the Orange Tree by Virginie Demont-Breton

Under the Orange Tree
by Virginie Demont-Breton (1859–1935)
We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.
― Jack Gilbert, Refusing Heaven

Happiness is a frame of mind. It is a state of thinking. It is an attitude, a headset, a mentality. Happiness is a disposition and demeanor. It is a mood and sensibility. It is a philosophy, a notion, a tone, an outlook and perspective. Happiness is all of these things, none of which exist separate from me. They cannot be extracted or stolen because they constitute my very being. Therefore, happiness must be the natural essence of me.
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as an 8.5” x 11” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Madame Memessiére et Son Fils (Mrs Memessiére and Her Son)

Madame Memessiére et Son Fils (Mrs Memessiére and Her Son)
by Joseph Paul Mesle (1855–1929)
Your son. From nought to five he is your master, from five to ten your servant, from ten to fifteen your secret counsellor, and after that, your friend - or your enemy.
― Tim Parks, An Italian Education

I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once a searching adolescent, given to moods and ecstasies, these are still part of me, and always will be... This does not mean that I ought to be trapped or enclosed in any of these ages...the delayed adolescent, the childish adult, but that they are in me to be drawn on; to forget is a form of suicide... Far too many people misunderstand what *putting away childish things* means, and think that forgetting what it is like to think and feel and touch and smell and taste and see and hear like a three-year-old or a thirteen-year-old or a twenty-three-year-old means being grownup. When I'm with these people I, like the kids, feel that if this is what it means to be a grown-up, then I don't ever want to be one. Instead of which, if I can retain a child's awareness and joy, and *be* fifty-one, then I will really learn what it means to be grownup.
― Madeleine L'Engle

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 10” x 8” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Choosing by George Frederic Watts

Choosing or A Portrait of Ellen Terry, c1864
by George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)

In the end that was the choice you made,
and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it.
It matters that you did.
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

As much money and life as you could want!
The two things most human beings would choose above all
― the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely
those things that are worst for them.
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 9” x 12” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: The Boat Builders by Winslow Homer

The Boat Builders, 1873
by Winslow Homer (1836–1910)

The focusing power of attention never fails.
It is the secret of success.
Concentrate. Then go after what you want.
― Laeeq Peeran

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention.
This is how we cultivate mindfulness.
Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
― Jon Kabat-Zinn

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 12” x 7” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Girls in a Landscape by Winslow Homer

Girls in a Landscape, 1873
by Winslow Homer (1836–1910)

I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.
― Jon Katz

Words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find.
― William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 15" x 11" @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Mrs. James Guthrie by Sir Frederic Leighton

Mrs. James Guthrie, c1864
by Sir Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
I don't want to be looked at and grab attention, that's exhibitionism.. I would rather be seen more for my intelligence, for my elegance, for not being just another girl seeking attention. I don't want to catch someone's eyes because those kind of attention spans are short and easily shifted to the next exhibitionist, I would rather stay in the memory as someone who refused to be a performer yet made an impact.
― Simmal Khan

About the painting:
Frederic Leighton trained in Frankfurt, Paris, and Rome, only settling in London in 1859, where he helped introduce Continental ideas about aestheticism and "art for art’s sake." He became president of the Royal Academy in 1878. Leighton was selective about painting portraits but was sympathetic to Ellinor Guthrie (1838–1911), the daughter of James Stirling, the first governor of Western Australia. Born in Perth but raised partly in England, Ellinor married the Scottish merchant banker James Alexander Guthrie in 1856. The Guthries lived in the fashionable and affluent Portland Place in London, and, between 1857 and 1868, they had nine children. Sittings for this portrait took place after Ellinor had recovered from the birth of her fifth daughter in October 1864. In April 1865 she went into mourning when her father died, which may explain her somber, though luxurious, black dress. [Source: Google Arts & Culture]

You can download The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above) as a 4” x 6” @ 300 ppi JPEG here.


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Printable Vintage Art: Girl Reading Under an Oak Tree by Winslow Homer

Girl Reading Under an Oak Tree, 1879
by Winslow Homer (1836–1910)

To the loner, loneliness is a treasure that cannot be traded, even for the nicest of companies.
― Michael Bassey Johnson

I spent my life folded between the pages of books.
In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.
― Tahereh Mafi

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 6” x 4” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Brussels in the Rain by Gustave Den Duyts

Brussels in the Rain, late 19th century
by Gustave Den Duyts (1850–1897)

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
― Langston Hughes

You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person died for no reason.
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 12” x 9” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: The Old China Shop by Ralph Hedley

The Old China Shop, 1877
by Ralph Hedley (1848–1913)

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I'll try again tomorrow.”
― Mary Anne Radmacher

Defeat is only defeat if we accept it as defeat. Victory often comes after defeat, because one was too stubborn to allow it to be their reality. In the trail of any great conflict you will see the scuff marks, where the one was beaten down, but they could not be taught to stay that way.
― Tom Althouse

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 8" x 10" @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: The Fierce Friend

The Fierce Friend, c1893
by Évariste Carpentier (1845–1922)

...she doesn't have to choose between being gentle or being fierce. Both exist in nature and both exist in her. That's ok. She'll know to nourish them both and when applicable, use each unapologetically.
― Steve Maraboli

Do not be afraid to bare your teeth - you were not brought into this world covered in blood to become a gentle, tamed thing.
― Nichole McElhaney

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 4" x 3" @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Printable Vintage Art: Girl Eating Soup by Albert Anker

Girl Eating Soup, 1898
by Albert Anker (1831–1910)

Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.
― Deborah Day

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 11” x 8.5” @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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