Showing posts with label dragon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dragon. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Arthur Rackham: The Hesperides

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  John Milton Comus, 1634 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19819/19819-h/19819-h.htm Arthur Rackham's original book illustration of the...
Thursday, July 4, 2024

A Dragon Fancier's Copy of I, Leonardo by Ralph Steadman?

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Twenty-five years ago, Ralph Steadman signed a copy of the softcover edition of I, Leonardo (1988).  Although there's no inscription, ...
Monday, April 8, 2024

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #892

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Tell me a story about  The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #892 from the issue of April 8, 2024.  My caption is shown below. The drawing ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Richard Oldden: Call Me George

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The final quartet of original drawings by Richard Oldden  were sold on eBay earlier this month. The artist visits several well-traveled cart...
Monday, August 23, 2021

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #768

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I tried to put a little spin on The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #768 corresponding to the issue of August 23, 2021. My caption is sh...
Friday, January 17, 2020

Lee Lorenz: Ecce Femina

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Lee Lorenz's color lithograph  Ecce Femina (the title is a play on the Latin Ecce Homo,  "behold the man," from the Gospel ...
Monday, July 1, 2019

My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #668

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I'm not one to make excuses, but this week I didn't get around to writing an entry in the  New Yorker  Cartoon Caption Contest #668...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Heinrich Kley: How to Feed Your Dragon

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There is a long tradition in fantasy art of pairing female nudes with dragons and other mythical beasts. Alternatively,  Heinrich Kley  cho...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Lough Eske Castle

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Windmills spanned the countryside on our ride up to Donegal Town in Ireland last month. Just off the N15 was our hotel, Lough Eske Castle. ...