#repost @dallasmuseumofart Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, USA. Image is Sardine, 1903, by Charles Webster Hawthorne (USA, 1872-1930). Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust, 1.2019.010. Thanks to @barning for the tip.
In the final third of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1852 novel The Blithedale Romance, the narrator, having departed the titular would-be utopian farm, enjoys some city time in a hotel. He takes a voyeuristic pleasure in watching people from his window, and elects to deepen the pleasure by ordering a drink: “Just about this time a waiter entered my room. The truth was, I had rung the bell and ordered a…
With Queen Charlotte getting everyone interested, here's my favourite version of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, from the opening of The Madness of King George by Alan Bennett!
I’ve wanted to make one of these forever and it’s finally here!! It was a big big big project.
In the video:
Julian Flamel
feat. Anthony Hawthorne @gaygryffindorgal & Danica Killingbeck @cursebreakerfarrier
Richard Beck
feat. River St. James & Baby Quinn @gaygryffindorgal
Ezra Greenaway
feat. Charles Hartford, Agata della Rovere & Olyvar Yaxley @gaygryffindorgal
Elian Goldcrest
feat. Cassia Malfoy, Malcolm Stolberg-Burke, (Theo Goldcrest), Gabriel Grimm, Henry of Alderly @gaygryffindorgal, Primrose Gray @endlessly-cursed & John Arthur
Dawn Harvelle
feat. Jimmy Crouch, Pandora Lovelace @gcldensnitch, Quincey Alderly @gaygryffindorgal
welcome to london, CHARLES XAVIER! did anyone ever tell you that you look just like JAMES MCAVOY? well, no matter, we hear that you are THIRTY-NINE and working as a DIRECTOR OF XAVIER'S SCHOOL FOR GIFTED YOUNGSTERS. we also hear that you currently HAVE your memories from MARVEL and have a tendency to be COURAGEOUS as well as STERN.
welcome to london, GALE HAWTHORNE! did anyone ever tell you that you look just like KIOWA GORDON? well, no matter, we hear that you are TWENTY-FOUR and working as a PERSONAL TRAINER. we also hear that you currently HAVE your memories from THE HUNGER GAMES and have a tendency to be RESILIENT as well as STUBBORN.
welcome to london, ERIC MATTHEWS! did anyone ever tell you that you look just like RIZ AHMED? well, no matter, we hear that you are FORTY-FOUR and working as a POLICE OFFICER. we also hear that you currently HAVE your memories from SAW and have a tendency to be SELF-SUFFICIENT as well as ARROGANT. (( could i please switch b-15 ( marvel ) for him? thanks!! ))
welcome to london, ETHAN LANDRY! did anyone ever tell you that you look just like JACK CHAMPION? well, no matter, we hear that you are TWENTY-TWO and working as a PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT. we also hear that you currently HAVE your memories from SCREAM and have a tendency to be LOYAL as well as SELF-DOUBTING. ( could i please switch daemon targaryen ( hotd ) for him? muse has completely left me and i don't want to hog! thank you!))
** could i reserve eddie brock ( marvel )? thanks!
— WELCOME TO LONDON, gale hawthorne, ethan landry, eric matthews & charles xavier! you look very familiar, do we know you from somewhere? anyways, take your time settling in because whether you want to or not, it looks like you’re going to be living here for awhile! // welcome maisie, please be sure to follow our checklist here. ** daemon targaryen ( hotd ), isabelle lightwood ( shadowhunters ) and b-15 ( marvel ) are now reopened for applications and eddie brock ( marvel ) is reserved for the next 24 hours!
"The average Englishman, you see, is not interested in ideas. Say what you like about political theory. No one will listen. You could shove a whole slice of the Communist manifesto into the Queen's Speech. Nobody would turn a hair. Least of all, I suspect, HMQ."