Tag Archives: Mammals

1655: Remedies

Posted on December 16, 2019 by corvusfugit

Selections from Thomas Lupton’s book A Thousand Notable Things on Various Subjects: Disclosed from the Secrets of Nature and Art, Practicable, Profitable, and of Great Advantage: Set Down from Long and Curious Study and Experience (1655): The Soles of the … Continue reading →

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1863: Rat

Posted on December 12, 2019 by corvusfugit

Adolph von Menzel: Rat in the Gutter (c. 1863-1883)

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1869: Although He Was a Cow

Posted on November 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

Curious Dreams A writer in the “Argos” says: “I remember when a boy, sleeping in a strange house, in an old-fashioned room, with an oaken store cupboard over the bed. I dreamed that I was being murdered; the assassin struck … Continue reading →

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1890: Pig Disturber

Posted on May 11, 2019 by corvusfugit

William Weekes: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen; I made up the date.

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1828: Sala Dante

Posted on May 5, 2019 by corvusfugit

Joseph Anton Koch’s frescos of Dante’s Inferno (1825-28) decorate the Sala Dante in the Casino Massimo, a Roman Villa. Several scenes from the poem are illustrated here, including Dante and Virgil’s ride on the monster Geryon (upper right) and Count … Continue reading →

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2013: Landscape

Posted on April 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Yan Cong: Landscape #6 (2013)

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1773: An Extraordinary Animal

Posted on December 20, 2018 by corvusfugit

In his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, James Boswell famously recounts his travels with Samuel Johnson in the highlands and western islands of Scotland. The year was 1773; Johnson was in his mid-sixties. In an 1885 edition of … Continue reading →

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2017: How Dogs Vote

Posted on November 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

African wild dogs vote by sneezing: African wild dogs exhibit dominant-directed group living and take part in stereotyped social rallies: high energy greeting ceremonies that occur before collective movements. Not all rallies result in collective movements, for reasons that are … Continue reading →

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1936: Then It Will Be Over

Posted on July 8, 2018 by corvusfugit

Here we are, alone again. It’s all so slow, so heavy, so sad … I’ll be old soon. Then at last it will be over. So many people have come into my room. They’ve talked. They haven’t said much. They’ve … Continue reading →

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2010: Runaway

Posted on June 26, 2018 by corvusfugit

Aubrey Longley-Cook: Runaway (2010); Longley-Cook’s blog is here.

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