Looks as though he & the author H. Ryder Haggard were acquainted. Burnham's entire life reads like one of Haggard's adventure stories.
It has always been my understanding that 'simba' is simply the word for lion in Swahili. They are using it in the comic to warn that a lion is...
A snippet from aforementioned book: [ATTACH] If the story about Fred & the Barotze warriors being told in comic book form is not based on this,...
Starting to suspect this was something printed for the Boy Scouts to tell them the story of how the organization was founded.
Barotze is a strong clue. Hope the link takes you to what I am seeing. From the description of the book Burnham: King of Scouts: Frederick...
Don't know why I do research when I could just consult etsy. This seller does have it as copper. Theirs has an explanatory label on the back in...
Hmm. Afraid I'm not any wiser. Perhaps it will be of help to someone else. To my less than expert eyes, metal does not appear to be brass or...
Waiting on the bank stood what kind of warriors? Can't quite read it. 'savage(?)___' I'm rooting for the lion.
I don't know about age; think it will help all of us to see the back as well. Was getting dizzy going back & forth trying to compare. Taken from...
I realized that where I placed that remark made it ambiguous. I was pointing out that Stephen may not be able to date the frame by the print or...
Come to my house & you could do the cat fur test. :joyful:
Turning my brain's subconscious search engine on. Much slower than Google, but sometimes finds stuff haunting some cubbyhole inaccessible to...
Excellent, thanks! Hope I'll remember the general look of them when next I see one. As Sherlock Holmes might put it, this has been in Gdansk, I...
On the whole, I think he's a toad. That's Mr. Toad to you. :joyful:
Looks like Baltic/egg yolk/butterscotch amber. Should feel less cold to the touch when first picked up than stone or glass would. Seems unlikely...
Well I think he's a toad & love him, warts 'n' all. I have a night light that visitors have more than once mistaken for one of my turtles.
The one from eBay is obviously a reproduction - they are all over the place. I can't find one to match yours (a very young idealized Catherine)....
K. Ulicz? Trying to think outside the English box. @Kacper, do you know what country these are from? Google is suggesting I mean Ulucz, a place...
See the very first thing I wrote, above the picture. If nothing else, it is most definitely a woman. :happy:
Even if you didn't mind wearing napery, Isidora should be a warning! :joyful:
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