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Posts tagged Edward Gorey

Apr 7
edwardgoreyelephanthouse:

Edward Gorey’s cover for True Tales from the Annals of Crime and Rascality by St. Clair McKelway

edwardgoreyelephanthouse:

Edward Gorey’s cover for True Tales from the Annals of Crime and Rascality by St. Clair McKelway


Jan 30
Edward Gorey at Home (Barnstable, Massachusetts; 1981) – Michael Romanos

Edward Gorey at Home (Barnstable, Massachusetts; 1981) – Michael Romanos


Jan 25
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]

She fell in with a baneful crowd, and drank root beer with aspirins dissolved in it.
“Oh! The floor is melting into waves!”

From a puppet show (c.1997) by the great Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)


Dec 10

Edward Gorey’s illustrated envelopes to Peter Neumeyer


Ruth St. Denis as the Courtesan in O-mika (1913)
I believe there’s an illustration in Edward Gorey’s The Gilded Bat (1967) that resembles this photograph.

Ruth St. Denis as the Courtesan in O-mika (1913)

I believe there’s an illustration in Edward Gorey’s The Gilded Bat (1967) that resembles this photograph.


Nov 30

elephanthouse:

Inside Edward Gorey’s House.
Photos by Christopher Seufert - Taken at Gorey’s home in Yarmouth, Cape Cod between 1996 and his death in April, 2000.

(The Edward Gorey Documentary)


Nov 28
Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey


Nov 26
Edward Gorey illustrates why we have day and night

Edward Gorey illustrates why we have day and night


Nov 23
The Bug Book (1960) by Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)

The Bug Book (1960) by Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)


Nov 12
Edward Gorey, from The Photographed Cat (1980)

Edward Gorey, from The Photographed Cat (1980)


Nov 8
Successful escape
From The Awdrey-Gore Legacy (1972) by Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)
(This drawing inspired me so much that I considered renaming SUGAR + MEOWS to Successful escape.)

Successful escape

From The Awdrey-Gore Legacy (1972) by Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)

(This drawing inspired me so much that I considered renaming SUGAR + MEOWS to Successful escape.)


Detective Waredo Dyrge dons a disguise (which includes his dog Dearie) in The Awdrey-Gore Legacy (1972) by Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)

Detective Waredo Dyrge dons a disguise (which includes his dog Dearie) in The Awdrey-Gore Legacy (1972) by Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)


Nov 6
Edward Gorey and a giant teddy bear

Edward Gorey and a giant teddy bear


Oct 31
“Each night Father fills me with dreadWhen he sits on the foot of my bed;  I’d not mind that he speaks  In gibbers and squeaks,But for seventeen years he’s been dead.”
 – Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)

“Each night Father fills me with dread
When he sits on the foot of my bed;
  I’d not mind that he speaks
  In gibbers and squeaks,
But for seventeen years he’s been dead.”

– Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)


Oct 30
“ZOMBIE: a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft” – Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)

“ZOMBIE: a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft” – Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)


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