Late 19th century automaton.
Archive for 19th century
Automaton Clown
Posted in Video with tags 19th century, antique, automaton, balance, clown, early, robot, vichy ball, wind-up on August 6, 2012 by elgraysoJules Germain Cloquet
Posted in Art, Science with tags 19th century, anatomical, anatomie de l'homme, anatomy, french, illustration, jules cloquet, paris, physician, surgeon on June 18, 2012 by elgraysoJules Germain Cloquet (18 December 1790 – 23 February 1883) was a French physician and surgeon who was born and practiced medicine in Paris. Cloquet was a skilled artist; in his best-known work, Anatomie de l’homme, most of the 1300 illustrations were drawn by him. He was the inventor of several surgical instruments, including an arterial forceps. He also had a keen interest in alternative medical practices such as mesmerism and acupuncture. [from Wikipedia]
Café de L’Enfer (Hell’s Cafe)
Posted in Photography, Satan with tags 19th century, black and white, cabaret, coffee, devil, hell, hell's cafe, montmartre, paris, photos on May 29, 2012 by elgrayso
A hot spot called Hell’s Café lured 19th-century Parisians to the city’s Montmartre neighborhood—like the Marais—on the Right Bank of the Seine. With plaster lost souls writhing on its walls and a bug-eyed devil’s head for a front door, le Café de l’Enfer may have been one of the world’s first theme restaurants. According to one 1899 visitor, the café’s doorman—in a Satan suit—welcomed diners with the greeting, “Enter and be damned!” Hell’s waiters also dressed as devils. An order for three black coffees spiked with cognac was shrieked back to the kitchen as: “Three seething bumpers of molten sins, with a dash of brimstone intensifier!” [from National Geographic]
Vaudeville Ventriloquist Dummies
Posted in Dolls, Photography with tags 19th century, black and white, creepy, dummies, dummy, early, puppet, puppeteer, vaudeville, ventriloquist on August 28, 2011 by elgrayso
Les Diableries
Posted in Art, Photography, Satan with tags 1800s, 19th century, 3d, devil, diableries, france, french, les diableries, napoleon III, photography, photos, satan, skeletons, stereo on June 26, 2011 by elgrayso
Diableries were French stereo photographs (two images viewed at once to create a 3d effect) made during the 19th century. They depicted Satan in daily life, historically noted as a critique on the rule of Napoleon III. Due to their unsavory depiction of the elite, the creators did not provide many clues as to who they were.
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