
Mr. Silly Duncan

Mr. Silly Duncan
Strictly speaking, these Frank C. Papé illustrations for the Russian Story Book by Richard Wilson (1916) have nothing to do with Halloween, yet there is something about them that brings to mind the holiday. It’s a good enough excuse, right? I’ll post a new image every few days, through the 31st.
#6-“Timothy began to dance, the cabin also began to dance, the table danced.”

Timothy by Frank C. Papé. Source: Wiki Commons. Public Domain.
Strictly speaking, these Frank C. Papé illustrations for the Russian Story Book by Richard Wilson (1916) have nothing to do with Halloween, yet there is something about them that brings to mind the holiday. It’s a good enough excuse, right? I’ll post a new image every few days, through the 31st.
#7-“Marina lay upon a couch…and fondled a fiery dragon with her right hand.”

Marina by Frank C. Papé. Source: Wiki Commons. Public Domain.

Black Knight

Inspiration by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1898

Widowed!
Portrait of Hermann Hesse by Ernst Würtenberger, 1905:

Hermann Hesse by Ernst Würtenberger, 1905
“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”-Gustave Flaubert

A Woman Reading by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 1869 or 1870