That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 15, 2020

“Let the dog be the tie breaking vote.”

So, which one will be the beard?

“Of course he’ll take bachelorette number one. There is only one.”

“We’ll have to forego our trip to the Riviera to pay for the wedding, but it’s worth it to get ‘our little princess’ and her dark side out of the house.”

try not to let him see how anxious we are to unload her…

“Before we toss him out , let’s see if he can help us with this painting that is about to fall on us. “

Solution simple. Pull cord. Chandelier falls. Suitor dead. Daughter saved. Dog dines.

We can get rid of that bitch. No, I mean the dog.

Maybe, just maybe, her being a lesbian is part of the attraction. Did you think about that? Did you?

I know she fancies him, but as our interior decorator I think he has really botched this room. Think of what our grandchildren would be like.

Knowing the wealthy Frothington’s were noted for the cornucopia of colors and patterns in their stately home, the young suitor wore black,so as to be easily detected amid the riot.

While they discuss whether to buy his “wonder broom”, she is deciding on the urn for his remains.

Don’t turn on the light until they’ve said yes.

Daughter trying to convince father to accept her suitor and sister hiding because she loves him too and wants to know what’s going to happen…..there!

Let’s tell Jeffrey Epstein she is 14 years. He won’t know the difference.

Correction: when your parlor shows colors galore/ and the trend is to Spartan decor/ you’re failing the test!/the eye needs to rest/ have you not learned that less is more?

“Look, I know he’s not the brightest candle on the birthday cake, but she’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, either … Besides, the little twerp is filthy rich and she’s beginning to show!”

If we could get him to bathe regularly and study “Lesbian Lover Advice for Straight Men”, they will get along fine.

Don’t marry him, sweetheart, his feet are world record tiny.

“Besides, as cousins Franklin and Eleanor have known each other since they were kids…”

WIFE: We’ve already bought 3 cremation urns from this guy. Shouldn’t we be getting a discount on the fourth? HUSBAND: Not so loud! Betty Sue doesn’t know she’s suffering from a deadly form of the grippe just like her 3 sisters before her. WIFE: That’s because we haven’t given it to her yet. HUSBAND: Oh. Yeah…

The Marriage Proposal: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evert_Jan_Boks_The_Marriage_Proposal_1882.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this painting.

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=2168 

has a link that points to info about this artist, also pointed to by the title URL. Other than that Wikipedia.org link and its other language versions (again, Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, can translate) and references cited by them, I couldn’t find other online info about him. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2362 (January 14, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

While her parents discussed his proposal, Henrietta was visualizing William unclothed as she formulated her proposal.

Kids these days! In my days we used a matchmaker, just like my father and his father before him.

While the parents debated and considered, Jonathan sat quietly warming his lap poodle.