That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 25, 2012

Yes, those stares would be exactly the correct reaction.

That would certainly make them stare!

“Ah, there you are Lord & Lady Barmouth. We were just about to start the orgy without you.”

that picture always reminded me of Rubaiyat’s poem “A loaf of bread a jug of wine and thou”

never thought of them as ladies of easy virtue

What this world needs is a good nickel houri. Failing that, a good dime a dance. . ..

A bring your own lampshade type of party.

I love it when this happens.

snerk

could be worse….could be the dea, and they are all arrested for meth.

“Boopsie, we told you, NO GUESTS!”

The “ladies” following Gen. Hooker’s troops during the Civil War became known as “hookers” … (before 1865)

crickets chirping

Enlarged (Mr. Melcher got the date wrong again, the artist was 8 or 9 in 1850)

lady in blue on the right looks interested.“mmm. i wonder if she will come to my party.”

The invitation clearly stated: The Rt. Hon. Dogsniff and Escort. In a mighty fancy script I must say.

Yes, this is my fiance. Ms. Gaga is a musical performer.

President Obama walking into a Young Republicans meeting.

The two guys on the left aren’t particularly interested in the new arrival..

Yeah, I imagine virtue did not come easily to them….

VOGUE!

way too much skin showing

“‘Ah, Speaker Gingrich, welcome to the party. Which wife would this one happen to be?’”

“whoops, pardon my wardrobe malfunction.”

Am I the only one who has trouble seeing the artisist’s intent? The man is neither standing nor sitting, but depicted in an unstable position. Is the woman standing or sitting? How does the hooker idea get inspired? What is the stuff on the ground?

Glad to hear you’re better Marge.@CodeDaddy, the painting style is quite typical of those early impressionists (including Manet when he did clothed ladies). People dressed very formally to appear in public and their posture was also not what we would see as normal today. I can still remember when I dressed in a good business suit or dress and heels to fly on airlines. It was a pleasure then as they made every attempt to accomodate us (I carried all my liquids on board and even took a concrete statue onboard).

Enlarged Manet’s Painting

yeth!

…and then the food fight broke out…

Painting discussed here. Description identifies everyone (artist is at the very far left) in the painting. Marc Bazille was the artist’s uncle and Camille was simply Marc’s daughter (fun little website) — not Camille Doncieux, model and first wife of Claude Monet, as I first thought because of their friendship with the artist around the time of the painting. They marry June, 28, 1870, and in August, 1870, the artist enlists, only to be killed in battle, November 28 of that year.So far, 2 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.

Here is another work by this artist.

Quoi? Oh, non non non non!