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John William Waterhouse, has been one of my absolute favourite artists ever since I learned of his existence. He needs no preamble, and this time around I've gone for a much simpler approach, to better allow the beauty of the original works to do all the talking. ;)

I've preserved the title of the each painting in the URL and file names.

As always, never alter my graphics, comment, credit, and enjoy!

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( ''She has a lovely face, // God in His mercy lend her grace, // The Lady of Shalott.'' )

One of my very favourite movies, and definitely one of the best set in the 18th century, it's also one of the few movies that's able to boast of being better than the original novel. Plus with gorgeous scenery and such a great soundtrack, you really can't go wrong...

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( I don't call myself subject to much at all. )

So let me first preface this with the disclaimer of I do not approve of certain "content" in this series despite the fact that I'm iconing it. Since it'd be a shame to let all those gorgeous costumes and hats go to waste...here's the first batch of what I am sure will be many more (especially once the second series airs). ;)

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( dreamed I was in the desert, without any love // storm grey clouds hovering above // silence all around me, I was wandering alone // and I realized there is nothing anyone can really own )

Having grown up adoring the books, it still irks me that they changed Elizabeth and made her a blonde (don't EVEN get me started on what they did to Felicity's "meet" dress!!), but at least it's 18th century, right?

In retrospect, it quite possibly could be due to Felicity that I'm so fond of this era...

I suppose we'll never really know. ;-)

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( ''She's an independent-minded horse, that's for certain. Call her Penny for her indePENdence, too.'' )

At long last, I've finished this icons100 batch...it took me longer than I wanted due to a lack of creativity. I'm satisfied, however, with FINALLY having made a proper batch of icons from one of my very favourite movies. ;-)

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( ''You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My own affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.'' )

This is a MASSIVE dump of icons posted in honour of two very special friends (you know who you are!) who both happen to share a love of the 18th century; I hope no one minds "sharing" a gift, as I am posting them publicly for the enjoyment of all my other readers! ;-D

I do apologize for the lack of my usual extensive noting of the artist and painting in my art posts, but to be frank, the vast majority of these I found without any names attached to them; therefore, I am in complete ignorance. Deciding it would be better to post them as unknowns than to never use them, I've thrown them in random order along with some other paintings whose artist and subject name (and, sometimes a date) I have endeavored to preserve in the file name (right-click>>copy image location, or right-click>>save image as).

The tags will give you an idea of some of the artists you can expect to see. ;-)

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( There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. )

Even though I'm probably the last person in the galaxy to have seen this movie (let alone iconing it), I finally understand why the gowns from Marie Antoinette are generally referred to as "candy" dresses. There's an unbelievable amount of pretty! Pretty clothes, pretty hairstyles, pretty food, even. Pretty shoes (sans the Chucks, grrr...), pretty music SOME of the time (LOL), and pretty scenery (Versailles!).

Hopefully these turned out as pretty as I tried to make them. ;-D

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( ''This is ridiculous!'' ''This, madame, is Versailles.'' )

I was stalling this batch because I'm not finished and I wanted to include some of the sequel, Return to Cranford, but due to this month's Wild Card theme over at costume_awards plans have changed a bit! ;-) I'll try to get a second Cranford post up soon, but in the meantime, here's my first batch of icons from this lovely series.

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( ''Miss Pole is at the door MADAM.'' )

Loads and loads of icons just sitting on my hard drive collecting dust, so here is one of the many upcoming batches I am planning!

Three of my (many) favourite costume dramas are North & South, The Last of the Mohicans, and Lorna Doone. Each one has a great romance and gorgeous but not flashy or "distracting" costumes, set off by exquisite scenery and musical scores. What's not to love? ;-)

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( ''I will find you!'' )

Somehow, my recent The Dark Knight 100 icons batch feels incomplete without a set of icons from the movie preceeding it for icons100. Henceforth I have set about to remedy this, and this post is the first of what will most probably be two entries regarding this subject. (Gah why does that sound so stuffy?) Capes, bats, and heroes abound, and of course I love hearing what everyone thinks!

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( ''It's not who you are underneath. It's what you do that defines you.'' )