"What time is it Eccles?"
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"Err, just a minute. I, I've got it written down 'ere on a piece of paper. A nice man wrote the time down for me this morning. ..."
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The home life of our own dear Queen ...
Two, of a group of six, etchings by Queen Victoria, 1841-45, all on india paper, mounted, with titles, artist initials and dates in the plate.
Via Dominic Winter
'Pussy [Princess Victoria] before going to bed' 9th. April 1843.
Via Dominic Winter 'Victoria' [Princess Victoria]
Signed in the plate with monogram, dated 15/8 [August] 1841.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert took up etching in 1840 under the tutelage of the Royal portrait painter Sir George Hayter. Both were competent artists and over the rest of the decade Queen Victoria etched some sixty-two plates and Prince Albert twenty-five. Most compositions were based on paintings and drawings in their collection, but some were also based on each other's sketches. The plates were etched at Windsor Castle and some proof impressions were pulled from a small press there. Occasionally, however, the plates were entrusted to a local printer called Brown who had instructions to return all impressions and plates to the Castle.
The Queen and Prince Albert never intended these very personal etchings to stray outside of a very tight circle of family and friends. Very few etchings by either Royal exist outside of the private collections at Windsor (who have a full set) and the British Museum (who were given a set by King George V). Examples are owned also by the Victoria & Albert Museum as well as small numbers in private hands.
Sold: Dominic Winter, 25 January 2012, Lot 359 £6,600.00 (US$10,322)
Via Dominic Winter
'Pussy [Princess Victoria] before going to bed' 9th. April 1843.
Via Dominic Winter 'Victoria' [Princess Victoria]
Signed in the plate with monogram, dated 15/8 [August] 1841.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert took up etching in 1840 under the tutelage of the Royal portrait painter Sir George Hayter. Both were competent artists and over the rest of the decade Queen Victoria etched some sixty-two plates and Prince Albert twenty-five. Most compositions were based on paintings and drawings in their collection, but some were also based on each other's sketches. The plates were etched at Windsor Castle and some proof impressions were pulled from a small press there. Occasionally, however, the plates were entrusted to a local printer called Brown who had instructions to return all impressions and plates to the Castle.
The Queen and Prince Albert never intended these very personal etchings to stray outside of a very tight circle of family and friends. Very few etchings by either Royal exist outside of the private collections at Windsor (who have a full set) and the British Museum (who were given a set by King George V). Examples are owned also by the Victoria & Albert Museum as well as small numbers in private hands.
Sold: Dominic Winter, 25 January 2012, Lot 359 £6,600.00 (US$10,322)
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Lovin' and caring very deeply ...
In an interview ranging from the candidate’s shift to a general election tone to the causes of the financial crisis, The Wall Street Journal asked Mr. Romney to give his side of the Seamus story. “Uh…,” Mr. Romney said, clearly at a loss for words. “Love my dog.” “That’s all I’ve got for ya,” he added.
But asked to rebut Ms. Collins’ insinuations that he had been mean to his dog, Mr. Romney said, “Oh please. I’ve had a lot of dogs and love them and care for them very deeply.”
At which point his aide said: “We’ve gotta get running.”
The official site, and Super Pack, where Rusty gets the message out, "Dogs Against Romney (TM)."
But asked to rebut Ms. Collins’ insinuations that he had been mean to his dog, Mr. Romney said, “Oh please. I’ve had a lot of dogs and love them and care for them very deeply.”
At which point his aide said: “We’ve gotta get running.”
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The official site, and Super Pack, where Rusty gets the message out, "Dogs Against Romney (TM)."
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