Eleanora di Toledo

about whom I know absolutely nothing except she married Cosimo I de'Medici and was Duchess of Florence.

Chosen entirely because I lust after her dress. Which she was clearly fond of.

I mean, clearly.

Mughal Miniature

any idea who it might be?

I'm stumped, but then I don't know anything about paintings.

A return

to the Victorian era, which I don't particularly like as far as mainstream literature goes (except the Brontes, and it's arguable how mainstream they were), but which is really rather pretty.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus