tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post1511136153673086342..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Casual Friday: Was it something he said?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-52809168632045993112013-01-13T21:23:30.615-05:002013-01-13T21:23:30.615-05:00The young woman's hair, loose and falling down...The young woman's hair, loose and falling down her back, is another indication that this is the pre- or post-lude to a sexual assignation. <br /><br />For the street or for respectable society, a woman's hair was always done up after she turned sixteen. Along with the letting down of her hems (to ankle length) it was a sign that she was now an adult.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-9997376058084493152013-01-12T10:49:27.554-05:002013-01-12T10:49:27.554-05:00It's all in the details!It's all in the details!Donnahttp://streetsofsalem.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-88156910972955761642013-01-11T20:40:12.326-05:002013-01-11T20:40:12.326-05:00This blog is the most consistently interesting blo...This blog <i>is</i> the most consistently interesting blog I have bookmarked, AND you post quite frequently!<br /><br />I followed your link to the Wiki information and enlarged painting: fascinating. I suppose she is experience one of those rare moments of understanding (kind of Zen) just what her situation is. What will she do next? Shrug it off, and go back to a lucrative life of sin, or starve? There weren't a lot of choices for women in those days, were there?Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-23593878972275993472013-01-11T12:46:42.261-05:002013-01-11T12:46:42.261-05:00AND she has red hair - a sure sign of loose morals...AND she has red hair - a sure sign of loose morals...if you are a Victorian :)Vintage Maisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-3636070931280459052013-01-11T11:43:11.221-05:002013-01-11T11:43:11.221-05:00I nominated your blog for a Versatile Blogger Awar...I nominated your blog for a Versatile Blogger Award http://hiddengroveextra.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-versatile-blogger-award.html?m=1 There is no obligation participate. Just enjoy!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404111400436001557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-29876042628345954382013-01-11T07:55:35.056-05:002013-01-11T07:55:35.056-05:00Oh my frelling goodness, that one!
That comes to m...Oh my frelling goodness, that one!<br />That comes to my mind now and then; I've seen a black&white reproduction of it (a bit different, I think the man sat more upright and had his hand in even farther at that woman's lap) and I have a particular spot of hatred reserved just for it. It's the expression on the man's face - like he's not trying to seduce her because he wants her but because it's a game and he's in it more for the triumph of getting her to "give it up" than for the sex itself. I think that was even clearer on the version I saw, so forgive me if the mini-rant is 5 %off target.<br /><br />Clearly in this version, the woman is leaving herself open to reproach, too - open hair which spells "bedroom" to any Victorian and what she wears looks more like a sleep- or under-wear than a "propper" dress. <br /><br />I'm sure the book must be very interesting. Victorian morals were really a weird thing - all uptight and strict (probably because the time right before had been a lot less so!) on the surface, mistresses, erotica and flourishing prostitution underneath.<br /><br />As for that little rogue in blue who uses way too much blush: I hope his silly beard falls victim to spontaneous combustion.Julianoreply@blogger.com