"insolvency" rather than "indolence"?
Ludwig II, "The mad King of Bavaria", out for a jaunt: [ATTACH] One of his many sleighs: [ATTACH] The man himself: [ATTACH]
I have found several very similar pieces online using a Google image search with the keywords "dutch snow sleigh" [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These baby carriages look old, but they are all brand new, made as decorative pieces. [IMG] I hope your sleigh is genuinely antique, but things...
This is much the same thing over and over again - receipts for annual payment of rent of $20.
If it's original, that's some sleigh, but it's the kind of thing that gets reproduced using modern technologies.
It doesn't look like an English name to me. It might be the artist, but written where and as it is, it might be a framer's note of who the...
It has a fusee drive.
Definitely a reproduction, but of a much later copy of the picture Deborah showed. The original is an 18th C painting, but there's something...
Is this Wembley? No, it's Thursday. So am I. Time for a drink.
If necessary to work for a living, what calling would you pursue? Not a book for the masses.
Bradbury and Bradbury do posters. I'm sorely tempted! https://bradbury.com/posters.html
This does look more accomplished than your typical Sunday artist.
Checking online, I guess that story's apocryphal, but it's a good one. Years and years ago I heard it. The crates carrying the antiquities were...
A French gilt metal etui of much the same date and taste from a 2012 auction:...
The word deluxe comes from "de Luxor" (from Luxor) for antiquities sent back to France from Egypt during the Napoleonic campaigns.
I have twice separated prints from backings by soaking them. It's fairly simple if the glue used is water soluble, a bigger issue if not. The...
I would suggest that the framing is modern, so there's no reason not to remove it for a closer look.
From the forced crazing and the total anonymity (no text or initials) of the mark, it wouldn't surprise me if it was modern and Chinese. It does...
I like the phrase near the end: "Happiness becomes a consumer product."
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