... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Friday, January 6, 2023
A few mansions from the SHORPY web pages ... mostly dilapidated ...
https://www.shorpy.com/node/1338?size=_original#caption
https://www.shorpy.com/node/8662?size=_original#caption
https://www.shorpy.com/node/26904?size=_original#caption
https://www.shorpy.com/node/8772?size=_original#caption
https://www.shorpy.com/node/16399?size=_original#caption
https://www.shorpy.com/node/21333?size=_original#caption
Friday, December 30, 2022
Giandomenico Tiepolo, 27 Engravings, The Holy Family’s Flight Into Egypt ...
Giandomenico
Tiepolo,
27
Engravings, The Holy Family’s Flight Into Egypt
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-frontispiece
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/engraved-title-plate-1
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-rest-on-the-flight
whilst i was wondering if this was the full set, i found this helpful auction note that seems to corroborate the royal academy's notes ...
and while we're on the subject ... an interesting article about father and son ... giambattista and giandomenico ...
https://www.prphbooks.com/blog/tiepolo
from wikipedia ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Tiepolo
Monday, December 26, 2022
aspirational love and marriage from currier and ives
https://www.si.edu/object/life-age-man-james-baille:nmah_325223
https://www.si.edu/object/life-age-woman-james-s-baillie:nmah_325225
https://www.si.edu/object/popping-question:nmah_324615
https://www.si.edu/object/lovers-quarrel:nmah_324591
https://www.si.edu/object/wedding-night:nmah_324619
https://springfieldmuseums.org/collections/item/kiss-me-quick-currier-ives/