G. D. Falksen author, historian, man about townTumblr (3.0; @gdfalksen)http://www.gdfalksen.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu3ceJZRw1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18145279561http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18145279561Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:00:05 -0500photographygeorgiachokhaluka<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzow03oaE61qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18136949670http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18136949670Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:00:06 -0500artdownton abbey<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu399Fxy11qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alexey Michailovitz, Grand Duke of Muscovy. C. 1664.</p>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18130163897http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18130163897Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:00:06 -0500artrussia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrxu3Iz5B1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Georgian man wearing a chokha.</p>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18086466145http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18086466145Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:05 -05001910schokhageorgiaphotographyluka<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzovz4usdP1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18077934415http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18077934415Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:06 -0500artdownton abbey<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq3ka8aDU1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A map of the Battle of Sedan (September 1, 1870). At Sedan, the Prussians and their allies encircled the French forces and overwhelmed them. The French had been attempting to reorganize for a counter-attack following a series of Prussian victories throughout August. The loss at Sedan destroyed the French Empire (Emperor Napoleon III was captured and went into exile shortly thereafter) but the war, which had only begun that July, would drag on into 1871. This was due to a the declaration of a new French republic and the creation of a Government of National Defense in Paris, which ultimately rejected German peace offers on the grounds of territorial integrity (particularly over demands that France relinquish the territory of Alsace, a Germanic region acquired by France in the 17th Century). The Prussians and their allies would go on to besiege Paris and eventually triumph, leading to the creation of a unified German Empire under Prussian hegemony.</p>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18070983860http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18070983860Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:00:05 -0500sedanfranco-prussian war187019th century<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq2f8aHPQ1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A 1875 painting by Édouard Detaille depicting French cavalry standing guard over captured Bavarian soldiers during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871).</p> <p>The cavalryman on the left is an uhlan, a form of lancer originally of Polish origin. Next to him (center-left) appears to be an officer. To the right are cuirassiers, heavy cavalry equipped with a breastplate (cuirasse). More uhlans fill the background, showing their lances.</p>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18026116096http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18026116096Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:00:06 -0500artmilitaryuniformscavalryfrancebavariagermanyfranco-prussian war19th centuryÉdouard Detailleuhlancuirassierhussar<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzovyg4QRa1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18017431647http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18017431647Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:00:05 -0500artdownton abbey<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzr3wmpJw91qa4wgqo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You are a SPACE HERO.</p> <p>You must now post as though you are having SPACE ADVENTURES.</p>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18013203367http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18013203367Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:17:10 -0500space herolaser gundamselcodpiecespace adventures<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzqbzyfLFc1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Svan smoking a pipe. He wears a chokha (the traditional men’s coat of the Caucuses) and a dagger underneath his cloak.</p> <p>Wonderful inspiration for Luka, though it must be noted that Luka has a moustache and not a beard.</p>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18010532040http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/18010532040Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:00:05 -0500svansvanetigeorgiasmokingpipeschokhaphotography19th Century1880s1890s<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzow1wJ3LQ1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17966410368http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17966410368Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:05 -0500art<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzovx8V24E1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17955535578http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17955535578Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:00:05 -0500artdownton abbey<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzow2eoE2L1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17946758811http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17946758811Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:00:05 -0500art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo2pacdOU1qa4wgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s a duck in a cup. What’s not to love?</p>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17916317372http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17916317372Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:58:21 -0500duckcupcute<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lznmn9ROxA1qb0bzxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://allthingseurope.tumblr.com/post/17895963954">allthingseurope</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hidden- Chalet Biestesr, Sintra, Portugal (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mraposo/2678373526/">LusoFox</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17910614882http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17910614882Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:19:30 -0500buildingschaletportugalphotography<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lznm6iKWDU1qb0bzxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://allthingseurope.tumblr.com/post/17895382328">allthingseurope</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Moszna castle, Poland (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/radimersky/5760984866/">radimersky</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17910439328http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17910439328Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:16:26 -0500polandbuildingscastlesmoszna castlephotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln89j7Vsn51qkc76wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mytippetonlytulle.tumblr.com/post/6817824682">mytippetonlytulle</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cyanotype, “Anna Kitteridge Allan serving the ball on an outdoor tennis court at Smith College,” 1895.</p> </blockquote>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17909074321http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17909074321Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:53:01 -0500sportphotographytennis19th century1890sphotographycyanotype<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljipj8n1c61qcddvlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/4553519986">omgthatdress</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Callot Soeurs evening dress ca. 1910-1914 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art</p> </blockquote>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17841008952http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17841008952Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:00:05 -0500fashion20th centurybelle epoque<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljx8clCR661qh1z3go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17831195831http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17831195831Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:01:05 -0500fashionmod20th century<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln5ry9eYJW1qh1z3go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17822540294http://www.gdfalksen.com/post/17822540294Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:00:05 -0500fashionphotographymod1960sminiskirt