It's fun that readers have interpreted the line "Eat me, Hardy" in my pandemic drabble in different ways--as pirate-speak, or a play on "eat heartily", etc. I was thinking of Horatio Nelson's dying words to Capt. Thomas Hardy: "Kiss me, Hardy."
Hardy seems a good name for a scrappy little dog. (But, is that character a dog? Or what?)
Article about this and other details of Nelson's death, from the Royal Museum at Greenwich: www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/death-nelson.
I love when photos unintentionally mimic paintings.
Here's a photo of "a drunken reveler in Manchester [that is] being compared to paintings of the Death of Nelson."
Hardy seems a good name for a scrappy little dog. (But, is that character a dog? Or what?)
Article about this and other details of Nelson's death, from the Royal Museum at Greenwich: www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/death-nelson.
I love when photos unintentionally mimic paintings.
Here's a photo of "a drunken reveler in Manchester [that is] being compared to paintings of the Death of Nelson."
This drunken scene is being compared to classic painting Death of Nelson
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/09/this-drunken-scene-is-being-compared-to-classic-painting-death-of-nelson-6915021/?ito=cbshare
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Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/09/this-drunken-scene-is-being-compared-to-classic-painting-death-of-nelson-6915021/?ito=cbshare
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This drunken scene is being compared to classic painting Death of Nelson
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/09/this-drunken-scene-is-being-compared-to-classic-painting-death-of-nelson-6915021/?ito=cbshare
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Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/09/this-drunken-scene-is-being-compared-to-classic-painting-death-of-nelson-6915021/?ito=cbshare
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This drunken scene is being compared to classic painting Death of Nelson
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/09/this-drunken-scene-is-being-compared-to-classic-painting-death-of-nelson-6915021/?ito=cbshare
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/09/this-drunken-scene-is-being-compared-to-classic-painting-death-of-nelson-6915021/?ito=cbshare
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P.S. Michael commented, "I bet the Nelson scene inspired the kiss in the silent film Wings." WWI aviators are like naval heroes, that fits. Here's a screencap:
Oh my — I bet the Nelson scene inspired the kiss in the silent film Wings.
ReplyDeleteBlog, me hearties!
MICHAEL: I thought of that scene too! I'll add a screencap.
ReplyDeleteI laughed out loud at that Manchester photo and showed them to Dave. As for "Wings," I was amazed by that scene when I saw it for the first time. I'm sure it wasn't meant in a "gay" way but it definitely seems so now.
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