sirmitchell:

“Lick it up, baby. Lick. It. Up.”
One of 30-ish portraits for my new show which opens on Friday, April 26th at Mondo Gallery in Austin, TX. 

sirmitchell:

“Lick it up, baby. Lick. It. Up.”

One of 30-ish portraits for my new show which opens on Friday, April 26th at Mondo Gallery in Austin, TX. 

zeezrom:

From the opening pages of Thompson Buchanan’s novel The Castle Comedy, May Percy, daughter of English aristocrat Sir John Percy
Elizabeth Shippen Green

“Aetatis Suae 17” means she was seventeen at the time. “Anno Domini 1813” is ‘the year of our lord 1813”. Not sure how that goes with the 1904 date in the bottom, but this might be after an earlier portrait of the young lady. The “Aetatis Suae” and the year were a common notation on portraits for a really long time, and across many countries.

zeezrom:

From the opening pages of Thompson Buchanan’s novel The Castle Comedy, May Percy, daughter of English aristocrat Sir John Percy

Elizabeth Shippen Green

“Aetatis Suae 17” means she was seventeen at the time. “Anno Domini 1813” is ‘the year of our lord 1813”. Not sure how that goes with the 1904 date in the bottom, but this might be after an earlier portrait of the young lady. The “Aetatis Suae” and the year were a common notation on portraits for a really long time, and across many countries.