Printable Antique Sheet Music: Sérénade de Rosella, 1893

If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:
'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
O spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou,
That, notwithstanding thy capacity
Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,
Of what validity and pitch soe'er,
But falls into abatement and low price,
Even in a minute: so full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.
― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

19th century sheet music, originally published in 1893. The arrangement is called "Sérénade de Rosells" with lyrics by Paul Demaria and music by G. Marietti. You can download the 8" x 8" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Printable Fashion History Illustration: Three Victorian Ladies in Belle Époque Promenade Dresses, 1893

The dust was antique spice, burnt maple leaves,
a prickling blue that teemed and sifted to earth.
Swarming its own shadows, the dust filtered over the tents.
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
Three Victorian ladies, one seated reading a printed programme, the other two standing on either side of her. They seem to be at a carnival or perhaps at the races. You can download the 8" x 10" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Edwardian Children with a Book and a Doll, 1904

The saints, too, had wandering minds.
The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child home.
They became saints because they continued to go after the little wanderer,
like the Good Shepherd.
― Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners

Two Edwardian children, the older one with a book, the younger one with a doll; from 1904. Scanned from my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée. Free high-res 5" x 7" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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