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1845: The Returned Clerk

Posted on June 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

THE RETURNED CLERK (1845) A person writing with authority said, “In 1845, I dreamt that on going to my office in the morning, I found seated at his usual desk a clerk, who had left me a twelve-month or more … Continue reading →

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1958: Rothko / Television

Posted on June 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mark Rothko: No. 37/No. 19 (Slate Blue and Brown on Plum) (1958) (source) RCA Model CTC-7 (1958)

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1573: A Hundred Sundry Flowers

Posted on June 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

The full title of George Gascoigne’s 1573 collection of courtly poetry is A Hundredth Sundry Flowres bound up in one small Posie. Gathered partly (by translation) in the fyne outlandish Gardens of Euripides, Ovid, Petrarch, Ariosto and others; and partly … Continue reading →

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1830: Panorama

Posted on June 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Théodore Rousseau: Panoramic View of the Ile-de-France (c. 1830) Detail:

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1920’s: Portraits

Posted on June 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

          Winold Reiss: Turtle (1920) Japanese Student II (1925) Nenauaki , Queen Woman (1928) Harlem Girl I (1925)

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1810: Do You Have the Time?

Posted on June 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Watchmaker: Isaac Penard (Swiss, 1619–1676) Casemaker: probably the Firm of Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier (Swiss, 1808–21) Case ca. 1810–20, movement ca. 1650 (source)  

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1934: Slugged

Posted on June 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Carl Williams, Organizer for the United Mine Workers, District 19; Harlan County, Kentucky, 1934 Written on image reverse: “Slugged.” (source)

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1627: Because Obviously

Posted on June 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Werner van den Valckert: A Fool with a Smaller Fool in his Sleeve (1600 – 1627) (source)

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1883: The Armed Goddess

Posted on June 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

THE ARMED GODDESS I dreamed that I sat reading in my study, with books lying about all round me. Suddenly a voice, marvellously clear and silvery, called me by name. Starting up and turning, I saw behind me a long … Continue reading →

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1895 & 1901: Two Angels

Posted on June 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Carlos Schwabe: Angel of Hope (1895) Mikhail Vasilevich Nesterov: The Angel of Sorrow (1900-1901)

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