I recently picked up this really cool vintage lantern thrifting! It was love at first sight, I just had to take it home with me ❤️
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A whale oil ship’s gimbal lantern, 18th -19th century
Designed with an ingenious gyroscopic mechanism, the little reservoir and wick in the centre would remain upright at all times, even when the whole thing was swinging violently in rough seas. The outer cage was designed to keep the naked flame away from the rigging or sails or anything else that might catch fire.
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Maxfield Parrish :: The Lantern Bearers, 1908; oil on canvas. | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
American illustrator Maxfield Parrish originally created this painting to be reproduced in Collier’s magazine. The Lantern Bearers captures the sense of imagination, theatrical appeal, and luminous paint that made Parrish’s work so popular. He applied layers of pure pigment and varnish to create a brilliant depth of color. Figures dressed as clowns hang gold-hued lanterns, which glow against the blue night sky. While the six lanterns being handled by the clowns appear clearly, the nature of the four spheres in the distance is more ambiguous. Perhaps one of them is the moon...
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The Lantern Bearers
Maxfield Parrish
1908
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Diogenes with his Lantern, in Search of an Honest Man (1613-1699) by Mattia Preti.
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Zhongli flying a ghost kite and acting dumb when he knows v well what's going on... y'all I love him
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trust the process 😵💫
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Oil pastels are a ride of emotions
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Naval Oil lantern from the Civil War era with etched shade with "A.C. Green". 1860s
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