the new emotional blackmailer's handbook

... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

the queen's matrimonial ladder ... verses and illustrations ... and some card ready for cutting ... detailing the misfortunes of the much wronged queen caroline ... illustrated by cruickshank ... printed in 1820 ...

clicketty-click ! ... https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/object/wessca-1877?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=48f0d210bc2e8234dce5&solr_nav%5Bpage...

Sunday, November 27, 2022

a dutchman's harlequin ... by gerardus xavery

explanatory note ...

Friday, November 18, 2022

man ray's portrait of meret oppenheim in louis marcoussis' printing studio has always entertained ... but i only found out about louis YESTERDAY when i discovered this picture of him cleaning the ink off meret's paws ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Marcoussis

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

James Gillray's "New Pantheon" of 1799 ...

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-12513- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gillray https://www.james-gillray...

Sunday, November 6, 2022

TAROT

TAROT I’ve only just learned, ‘cos it really didn’t interest me before, that there are TWO sets of tarot cards … usually called THE MAJOR ...

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tristan: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom; you were only supposed to eat the cake, john ... not the flipping candles !

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