“Second verse, same as the first: I’m ‘enery the eighth I am, ’enery the eighth I am I am, I got married to the widow next door, she’s been married seven times before.”
(best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this enormous painting.
all have info (the first 2 in Italian; again, Chrome can automatically translate) about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2146 (February 25, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
When I told my wife how, early in the Battle of Antietam, the Texas Brigade counterattacked with extra ferocity because they had just stopped marching and started cooking breakfast when the Union First Corps attacked, she replied, “Oh, they hadn’t had their coffee.”
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
The Tortonesi wine festival had a history of getting out of hand.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 5 years ago
The coffee shop’s WiFi went down.
juncarlo over 5 years ago
Extra, the migrant caravan is trying to cross the border at this time.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 5 years ago
No throats were cut in the making of this painting…
Kind&Kinder over 5 years ago
Up Man City!!!
pcolli over 5 years ago
A typical Black Friday sale.
jbrobo Premium Member over 5 years ago
“This party just isn’t us. You think anyone would notice if we quietly left and went home?”
J Short over 5 years ago
Apple Store on the first day of the release of the new Iphone 13.
Egrayjames over 5 years ago
Ballroom dancing just ain’t what it use to be…..especially if only a few women showed up.
Econ01 over 5 years ago
Mom! You’re embarrassing me in front of my friends!
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 5 years ago
“Second verse, same as the first: I’m ‘enery the eighth I am, ’enery the eighth I am I am, I got married to the widow next door, she’s been married seven times before.”
ptnjbrown over 5 years ago
All right! Everyone remember your position and pose and we will pick this up after lunch.
Linguist over 5 years ago
The House debate on climate change turned a bit contentious.
Call me Ishmael over 5 years ago
“It was crawlin’ an’ it stunk/ but of all the drinks I’ve drunk/ I’m the gratefulest for that from Gunga Din” (Kipling, of course)
Bilan over 5 years ago
The no-host Oscars turned out very well.
The no-host after-Oscar party didn’t.
lagoulou over 5 years ago
Woodstock revisited….
MissScarlet Premium Member over 5 years ago
In the name of my holy religion, I smite thee. Oh, yeah, well in the name of my holy religion, I smite you back.
mabrndt Premium Member over 5 years ago
The Siege of Tortona:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_costanza_dei_tortonesi_A._Gastaldi_1860.jpg
(best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this enormous painting.
http://www.museotorino.it/view/s/c5263ebefeb9457890d630c33e9c501b
https://www.galleriarecta.it/opereautore/gastaldi-andrea/
https://books.google.com/books?id=VY0ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA338&q=Gastaldi#v=onepage&q=Gastaldi&f=false
all have info (the first 2 in Italian; again, Chrome can automatically translate) about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2146 (February 25, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Impkins Premium Member over 5 years ago
They have us surrounded. Good! Now we can attack in any direction!! :>)
d1234dick Premium Member over 5 years ago
HELEN OF TROY NEVER WANTS TO LEAVE PARIS’S SIDE EVEN IN WAR, PLUS SHE SAW ALL THE NUDE DEAD.
gcarlson over 5 years ago
Heldar must have been the pillage idiot.
gcarlson over 5 years ago
When I told my wife how, early in the Battle of Antietam, the Texas Brigade counterattacked with extra ferocity because they had just stopped marching and started cooking breakfast when the Union First Corps attacked, she replied, “Oh, they hadn’t had their coffee.”