Beautiful series of images by Eduard Pechuël-Loesche from an 1888 book on the strange skies produced the world-over after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.⠀⠀
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A lot of 18th century portraits are slop but occasionally you come across a gem like this. The patron paid good money to paint his daughter bothering him with a barbie