tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post3476917725271045451..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Alice HaversSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-91909624550761771652012-12-18T01:38:04.587+00:002012-12-18T01:38:04.587+00:00I have a drawing by her but can not find any infor...I have a drawing by her but can not find any information on it. It is called the "the time I spent courting" It shows a lady coming out of the back door of a farm house as a man up the path is coming thru a gate with flowers in his had. anyone can help me with this? I bought it at a farm auction here in Iowa. thanks<br /><br />kylejones278@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-82364789138200559492011-03-30T01:25:28.311+00:002011-03-30T01:25:28.311+00:00I hadn't noticed it either until now, christin...I hadn't noticed it either until now, christinelaennec, but the book is called Cape Town Dicky. It's not about a boy in England but a boy in South Africa, which gives the book a whole different and uncomfortable flavor.Kári Tuliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281250688066991554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-37329632204800199912011-03-29T20:08:52.214+00:002011-03-29T20:08:52.214+00:00I'm puzzled by the fourth illustration from th...I'm puzzled by the fourth illustration from the bottom - the white boy getting a piggyback from an African (??) boy. Are those straw huts in the background, near English cottages? Were African children common in Victorian England?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-21056468815993147762011-03-27T20:57:30.200+00:002011-03-27T20:57:30.200+00:00I am disturbed by the illustration of the gardener...I am disturbed by the illustration of the gardener chucking the small boy under the chin. Sinister.MTFFhttp://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-29666665680945502942011-03-27T18:37:46.505+00:002011-03-27T18:37:46.505+00:00Beautifully, beautifully done, however overly-sent...Beautifully, beautifully done, however overly-sentimental and unrealistic.<br /><br />And actually I think there's nothing wrong with having images of a human idyll to aspire to.<br /><br />A really talented artist.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-63522125485568511402011-03-27T01:03:54.270+00:002011-03-27T01:03:54.270+00:00Victorian England is so weird to me. It's a ve...Victorian England is so weird to me. It's a very alien place, much more so than, say, 18th Century Britain or 19th Century France. I like fiction from Victorian Britain and can connect with it, but when reading diaries and letters from the time I'm completely bewildered. I have no idea what's going on. I have less problem making sense of Ancient Roman letters.<br /><br />As much as I like these images, the vision of the child and family presented is just bizarre to me.Kári Tuliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281250688066991554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-22607965874546955522011-03-26T23:23:01.884+00:002011-03-26T23:23:01.884+00:00Well, that adds a new dimension to 'ducking an...Well, that adds a new dimension to 'ducking and diving'. Thanks for the link.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-44809133459237244752011-03-26T22:14:00.578+00:002011-03-26T22:14:00.578+00:00p.s may I draw your attention to the illustration ...p.s may I draw your attention to the illustration from an old book on this post, which you may find charming<br /><br />http://scarlettloveselvis.blogspot.com/2011/03/need-my-eyes-checked.htmllucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-57730421857271648822011-03-26T21:26:07.740+00:002011-03-26T21:26:07.740+00:00Well, I was captivated.Well, I was captivated.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-87112073179385877352011-03-26T18:59:10.268+00:002011-03-26T18:59:10.268+00:00I can certainly relate to that lady in the third i...I can certainly relate to that lady in the third illustration. I regularly stare vacantly yet wistfully into space when looking after the children and doing mindless housework.lucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.com