Maxfield Parrish – The Lantern Bearers – 1908
Light
Swing
Maxfield Parrish – The Dinky Bird – 1904
Golf, interrupted.
Onward
Maxfield Parrish – Road to the Valley – unknown
Beaten
Maxfield Parrish – Lady Ursula Kneeling before Pompdebile – from The Knave of Hearts – 1924
On this day in 1692 an earthquake devastated Port Royal, Jamaica, Captain Morgan’s pirate headquarters and widely regarded as the “most wicked city in the world”. The damage was so severe that it was never rebuilt, and the pirates’ army’s sway over the Caribbean was pretty much ended.
Check out the book Empire of Blue Water for the story.
Aaarh! indeed.
Reward
Maxfield Parrish – Garden of Allah – 1918
June 6, 1944.
D-Day without words.
Where would we find such men today?
Just because it’s cool- view full-screen!
On this day in history “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, by George Orwell, was published. Note to the current generation- that book was intended as a warning, not as a user manual.
Dark
Maxfield Parrish – Moonlight – 1932
Cad
Ecstasy
Maxfield Parrish – Ecstasy
Grand
Maxfield Parrish – Grand Canyon – 1902
On this day in history in 1865 General Kirby Smith, Commander of the Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, surrendered, bringing about the traditional end of the American Civil War. Whether the War actually ended then or that the South actually lost are still undecided, considering current events…