She had agreed to meet him under the “Couples Tree” to drink in the beauty of nature…and all Captain Clueless wants to do is paint while she watches him admiringly from afar.
(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this oil on panel, roughly B4 paper size painting.
has the prior strip (my comment there included the same last 3 artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2074 (November 4, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. Mr. Melcher had posted it before, using a different caption, as a 2016 Valentine’s Day MASTERPIECE #1384 (February 13, 2016) blog entry; but, he didn’t publish a Valentine’s Day strip (perhaps because it was on a Sunday).
“Jenny, why do you insist on wearing that ridiculous hat that keeps the sun out of your eyes? You should get a much more functional tricorn like mine. You women and your silly styles. I shudder to think what the country would be like if you were given the right to vote.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 6 years ago
“If you want to make yourself useful dear, bring that basket back full of beer."
pcolli about 6 years ago
“Now, all you need to do is remove your clothes then go and sit still on that rock for four or five hours.”
thebashfulone about 6 years ago
“I’m sorry, Mom—but the bow tied just doesn’t go with this dress.”
Pocosdad about 6 years ago
“My apologies, darling. The next time that I motorboat you, I won’t wear my clip-on bow tie.”
well-i-never about 6 years ago
I was sure it was cross-stitch.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 6 years ago
“Yay. I’ll be unemployed too. We’re made for each other.”
Econ01 about 6 years ago
She had agreed to meet him under the “Couples Tree” to drink in the beauty of nature…and all Captain Clueless wants to do is paint while she watches him admiringly from afar.
bobpeters61 about 6 years ago
There’s gotta be a “Titanic” reference about Jack & Rose to be made here somehow.
Qiset about 6 years ago
Is this where she says something about missing him?
prrdh about 6 years ago
“I told you not to go up to the fourth floor, dear”.
garcoa about 6 years ago
I’ve been watching the sheep, and now I have an idea I want to try out.
mabrndt Premium Member about 6 years ago
The Lord of Burleigh:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edmund_Blair_Leighton_-_The_Lord_of_Burleigh,_Tennyson.jpg
(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this oil on panel, roughly B4 paper size painting.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/blair-leighton_edmund.html
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/edmund-blair-leighton
http://www.painting-history.com/artist/blair-leighton_edmund.htm
https://www.aaronartprints.org/blairleighton-edmund.php
https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/844
http://www.avictorian.com/Leighton_Edmund_Blair.html
http://hoocher.com/Edmund_Blair_Leighton/Edmund_Blair_Leighton.htm
all have info about this artist. So far, 38 works by him have been used here, with 2 repeated as Classics (40 times total).
http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2018/09/06?comments=visible
has the prior strip (my comment there included the same last 3 artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2074 (November 4, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. Mr. Melcher had posted it before, using a different caption, as a 2016 Valentine’s Day MASTERPIECE #1384 (February 13, 2016) blog entry; but, he didn’t publish a Valentine’s Day strip (perhaps because it was on a Sunday).
MissScarlet Premium Member about 6 years ago
I promise, you’ll be in the next one for sure.
Call me Ishmael about 6 years ago
She looks like poor"breeding stock" to me, yer Lordship ! Ye’ll no get more’n three scrawny brats out o’ er !
Bilan about 6 years ago
I just remembered what I forgot to do yesterday.
Can you go tell everyone that the Red Coats are coming?
pmaslek about 6 years ago
Sweetie, If you give me back my bow tie, nobody will know where you hugged me.
d1234dick Premium Member about 6 years ago
sally said to reg. guess what I got in my basket and not the straw one.
Strob Premium Member about 6 years ago
“I just need to check the scores once more and then I’ll put the tablet away.”
Papared25 about 6 years ago
“Jenny, why do you insist on wearing that ridiculous hat that keeps the sun out of your eyes? You should get a much more functional tricorn like mine. You women and your silly styles. I shudder to think what the country would be like if you were given the right to vote.”