pirate_angel Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 lol well whatever is happening, that old man in the bottom right corner is enjoying himself
kass Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 That's because all fiddlers are mad! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
Capt. Sterling Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 That's because all fiddlers are mad! Oi?!?! bite yer tongue!! "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/
Capt. Sterling Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 Learning... my daughter does, my first officer does, his daughter does, our "governor" does... if we can't fight at an event, we sure will be able to keep everyone entertained eventually.... "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/
Red Cat Jenny Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 GRACIOUS! Check this saucy sailor out! OH and BlackJohn, ye might enjoy this link Historical paintings Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time...
kass Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 Funny. That looks like a woman to me. Woman's hat, woman's neckerchief, woman's hairstyle... If you want to see some really NC-17 stuff from the period, Jenny, check out "Sex in Georgian England". Even tamer pictures, like Hogarth's, are quiet racy. Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
Red Cat Jenny Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Oh.. I wasn't looking for NC-17 paintings I just came across it looking at art and thought it was kind of amusing.. Now that you mention it... does look more like a woman...hmm Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time...
kass Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 No, Jenny, I just meant that there are GAoP pictures of men fumbling beneath women's skirts. But I don't think this is one of them. Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
blackjohn Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 But this is! My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together.
kass Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Hee! And she's not even one of my girls! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
kass Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Hey Jim, don't you still owe me some dosh for the peek up Alli's petticotes? Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
Fox Posted November 21, 2006 Author Posted November 21, 2006 No, Jenny, I just meant that there are GAoP pictures of men fumbling beneath women's skirts. But I don't think this is one of them. It's a 1740s picture of a sailor fumbling under women's skirts :) Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
kass Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Why's he got on a lady's hat then? (Arguably, a sailor's jacket and kerchief could resemble a woman's when only partially seen. And it is awfully ugly for a woman...) Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
Captain Jim Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Kass, I think perhaps his hat has gone awry, and we are looking at the side of a cocked hat, a devilishly hard thing to draw well. I think he looks like a sailor with a large kerchief. On a completely different note, the fellow in the middle has got his hose over his breeches. I wasn't totally convinced of that one. My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
Fox Posted November 21, 2006 Author Posted November 21, 2006 Yes, but the picture is entitled "A Sailor's Adventure into the Straits of Merryland". And look at his slops. The hat is, I think, a backwards tricorn. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
Captain Jim Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 What is everyone else in the picture looking at? My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
kass Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Is she Merry then? Yeah, I know, guys. I'm just taking the piss. It's amazing how similar he looks to the ladies except that he's ugly. I think they're all watching the midget dance behind the something-seller with the basket in the foreground. Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
Captain Jim Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 And now for the "lady" in the back: her skirts seem a bit too high for propriety, and there seems to be a fellow behind her at close quarters (pun intended) who seems quite pleased with himself. She seems a bit surprised (pleased perhaps? 'tis a small picture) herself. And a third couple at the far back. Busy street. My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
kass Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 I thought that was the same guy in all those places. I took the picture as a timed progression of his "activities" in Merryland. The woman at the back has her skirts raised a bit on her left, but the level of her skirts on the right is still within the parameters of propriety, especially for the working class. We, as reenactors, tend to wear our skirts far too long because we're deluded into the Victorian idea of "ankles are naughty bits". :) Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
Captain Jim Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Ankles are "naughty bits," depending on where you put them..... *Watching thread spin out of control* My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
kass Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Yeah but darling, most people aren't that flexible! {EDIT} Don't worry, Jim. I'm the moderator! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
Fox Posted November 21, 2006 Author Posted November 21, 2006 I think the naughty ankles idea is probably pre-Victorian - just. Wasn't it William Cobbet who had 11 children but had never seen his wife's ankles? Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
kass Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 I dunno. I only read the racy bits of history. Not the parts that don't involve people getting naked. Perhaps he just never looked down? Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
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