The Irritating Gentleman - Berthold Woltze
1874
I know that feel, Painting Lady.Ā
My bus ride to and from work every day.
They never published the second picture, which was the one where she backhanded him in the fucking face for getting all up in her shit.
Oh great, good to know this has been a problem for HUNDREDS OF YEARS CAN WE PLEASE STOP DOING THIS ALREADY JUST FUCK OFF AND LEAVE ME ALONE
Everyone is overlooking something very significant in this picture, that I saw in two seconds, that adds a layer of super slime to his whole awful attitude. āThe Irritating Gentlemanā is a politeness.
Sheās wearing all black in 1874. Black gloves, hat, cloak, and dress. In public. The whole nine yards. Thatās not a fashion choice or a gothic thing. Back then when people wore all black like that, they were in mourning for someone who died. No one did mourning like the Victorians, that shit was an art form to them.
Someone in her family has diedāshe could even be a young widow. No oneās accompanying her either. With the carpet bag? Sheās traveling alone while still in deep mourning. Look at the closeup. Sheās got tears in her eyes. She is upset, devastated in a way that one is only when someone has died. And the guyās still bothering her, like her problems are flippant bullshit and she needs to just smile or pay attention to him because ladies are supposed to be pleasing for men no matter what shit theyāre going through. Thatās not a look of āwhat an ass.ā Thatās a look of devastation that even in her pain, sheās expected to give people like him focus. Sheās not mad. Sheās hurt. And to add insult to injury? Everyone would be able to tell. It was a clear sign and still is in ways that someone is mourning, to dress in black crepe like that. He would know why sheās wearing all black, and heās still demanding her attention.
What an insufferable dick.
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