briedah » Victorian http://briedah.com mixed media collage & paper craft Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:23:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ICD-9 codes in the late 19th century http://briedah.com/2009/05/09/icd-9-codes-in-the-late-19th-century/ http://briedah.com/2009/05/09/icd-9-codes-in-the-late-19th-century/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 05:59:07 +0000 briedah http://briedah.com/?p=120 I have been working out the elements/arrangements of this painting for several weeks in my head. As you know, I have a large collection of victorian ephemera and have been gathering antique portraits for many years. I have been fascinated by medical coding and will attempt to create a vintage form of coding similar to the Victorian’s “Language of Flowers”. Here is the first rough draft of a 20×20 canvas.

here is some info for all you flower lovers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_flowers05_08_12

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