“As a child I scribbled; and my favourite pastime, during the hours given me for recreation, was to "write stories." Still I had a dearer pleasure than this, which was the formation of castles in the air -- the indulging in waking dreams -- the following up trains of thought, which had for their subject the formation of a succession of imaginary incidents. My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.”
— Mary Shelley
In honor of her birthday, August 30th, 1797, this haunting portrait of Mary Shelley, as envisioned by New Zealand painter Sarah Dolby.
Sarah Dolby’s website, and a gallery of her works.
7 comments:
Great pic!!!
Beautiful painting. Thanks for posting...I'm going to check out the rest of Sarah's artwork.
Truly Creepy! I love Sarah's site now.
Happy Belated Birthday, Mary.
Mary..a weird girlfriend for all times..
She had such an interesting life i'm sure living near abbatoirs affected here some
A big 213th Happy Birthday Wish to Mary Shelly. An amazing writer and novalist. :-)
I just read Modern Marvels - Viktoriana where she is one of the main characters. Very highly recommended.
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