Tag Archives: Portraits

1854: A Train of Terrible Miseries

Posted on July 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

It may appear to those whom I have the honor to address a singular taste for me, an Indian, to take an interest in the triumphal days of a people who occupy, by conquest or have usurped, the possessions of … Continue reading →

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1852: What, to the Slave

Posted on July 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, … Continue reading →

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2012: Dipped

Posted on July 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Oliver Jeffers: Dipped Painting (2012) More: Also: Tragedy at Dawn (2012) (source)

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1934: Self-Portrait with Pipe

Posted on June 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Samuel Joseph Brown: Smoking My Pipe (1934)

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1967: The Girl in the Air with the Most Beautiful Hair

Posted on June 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

    Ralph William Williams: TWA Hostess Judy Neumann (1967) [Breck shampoo ad] (source)      

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