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Originally posted by Paddy View PostDon't know however, take a look at this one. Fantastic lighting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ge...pelaarster.jpg
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The gezza is Jack Falstaff. He's the one that mucks about with the future Henry V, when he is Prince Hal. (This bit I know)
The artist is Eduard Von Grutzner. (This bit I googled)
Edit: It's called "Falstaff mit Handschuhe"Last edited by HairyArsedBloke; 3 March 2010, 12:20.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostBumped, because I'd really like to know what that painting was.
Anyone? Or are we all a bunch of Phillistines?
Don't know however, take a look at this one. Fantastic lighting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ge...pelaarster.jpg
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Bumped, because I'd really like to know what that painting was.
Anyone? Or are we all a bunch of Phillistines?
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostUnfortunately the picture is out of date. These days you can’t even smile for a passport photo. Your picture is also older than when passports were introduced. Passports were introduced during World War I . Prior to that people just travelled without boarder restrictions be it a chat with the customs officials.
Now it must be easy enough to cobble together a documentary like that, just by stringing together a load of archive footage, and have some old buffer waffling a commentary. (That must be why they churn out so many - Piss easy, and dirt cheap.)
But whoever made this must have been the most crassly stupid unobservant imbecile hack ever, because hanging right behind the old lady in plain view was a huge poster of a painting of three people with their knockers out.
I say people rather than women because their faces were just out of shot (which made the painting ever more hypnotically distracting), and the figures looked comically scruffily dressed and might even have been guys wearing false boobs.
I have a vague recollection of some famous Dutch painting called something like "The Three Clowns", and I wonder if that was a copy.
EO, if you are an arts buff, does that ring a bell?
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I've never been one for laying in bed. Also at my age, my bladder won't let me.
The only rule I have is that I don't 'properly' get up in the dark.
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I've had a couple of meeting this morning. Nothing serious, but a chance to get out.
It's a lovely morning. One of the problems of working from home with clients in another country is there is no reason to go out. Apart from going down the shops.
With all the bad weather we've had I've not been going out much at all. I don't think that has been doing me any good. I think I'm going to make more effort to get out first thing in the morning.
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For anyone wanting to know what EO looks like...Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
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Lovely and sunny but frikkin' freezing! And my boiler's packed up. Waiting for repair man now...
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Originally posted by Lockhouse View PostThe sun was shining. Woo hoo - here comes summer!
Bring on the summer perleeeeeeease......
not before skiing in France next week though
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostIt's a beautiful morning folks, crisp but sunny. The birds are singing new songs. It must be Spring.
I found my passport photo
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For the first time this year. It was properly light when I got to Waterloo. The sun was shining. Woo hoo - here comes summer!
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