Now this next house I’m going to show you is a little off the beaten path, and it’s a little bit of a fixer upper, but I just know that you’ll absolutely LOVE it!
Pay as a guard on the Royal Mail coach was lousy, the hours were long, and the job arduous, but they did give you a great uniform and a nifty hat to wear.
They’ve taken a different approach/ to the seating arrangements in “coach”/ the drinks have got pricey/ your “perch” is quite dicey/ and the peanuts are harder to poach..(and the driver is smoking a “roach” !)
“I say Reginald, are you certain the indigenous peoples will refrain from scalping English nobility? I fear that they may not be acquainted with our superiority to the typical traveler.”
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, if the full askart.com bio isn’t there, it can be read in full for free on Firdays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. 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 #2408 (March 18, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
I went to the old fortune teller the other day, and she said … get this … that someday there will be a type of vehicle called something like “VW”, and that it would a craze to do this. What a silly tart! Who would want to be like this?
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
George suddenly felt embarrassed when he realized he wore the wrong hat for the trip.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
White horse – “I see a low tree branch ahead. Let’s charge it and see how many of our passengers we can knock off.”
Strob Premium Member over 4 years ago
“So this is what it’s like to be in the lead! The scenery keeps changing!”
Kind&Kinder over 4 years ago
Brown horse: Naw, let’s gallop full speed ahead around the small boulder up ahead and watch the fatheads fly for a strike!
Bilan over 4 years ago
“When we’re right next to the cliff on the left, we’ll suddenly veer right. Pass it along.”
Papared25 over 4 years ago
“You’re a horse of a different color…or should I say ‘lack of color’…snicker, snicker.”
gopher gofer over 4 years ago
how the union shop kept the royal mail from ever making a profit…
jbrobo Premium Member over 4 years ago
Hey , Fred! When you see a rest area , please stop. Bob forgot to go when we left home.
WoodstockJack over 4 years ago
Who is driving this bus, anyway?
Egrayjames over 4 years ago
“That’s it Driver! NO MORE HITCH HIKERS!……Geez..Why would you pick up a matador?”
Buzzworld over 4 years ago
“Wow this carpool lane is great. No traffic at all”
katzenbooks45 over 4 years ago
“Glad you’re in front with me. The two behind us are horses’ asses.”
rmremail over 4 years ago
Now this next house I’m going to show you is a little off the beaten path, and it’s a little bit of a fixer upper, but I just know that you’ll absolutely LOVE it!
rmremail over 4 years ago
Stagecoach express in the Mild West
Reader over 4 years ago
What!? You get 3 bags of oats a day and an apple — I only get 2 and a turnip. No wonder they warned us not to discuss our raises!
garcoa over 4 years ago
Are you sure this is the way to the house of the widow of a Nigerian prince?
PO' DAWG over 4 years ago
Dammit! They have over booked again.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
“Who let that bullfighter up here ?”
Rev Phnk Ey over 4 years ago
The High and the Mighty
Linguist over 4 years ago
Pay as a guard on the Royal Mail coach was lousy, the hours were long, and the job arduous, but they did give you a great uniform and a nifty hat to wear.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
They’ve taken a different approach/ to the seating arrangements in “coach”/ the drinks have got pricey/ your “perch” is quite dicey/ and the peanuts are harder to poach..(and the driver is smoking a “roach” !)
pkdphd over 4 years ago
How about next time we rent a coach where we can ride inside?
Another Take over 4 years ago
The earliest cowboys quickly learned how overdressed they were for the rugged trip west.
Another Take over 4 years ago
“I say Reginald, are you certain the indigenous peoples will refrain from scalping English nobility? I fear that they may not be acquainted with our superiority to the typical traveler.”
mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago
The Royal Mail Coach on the Road:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Frederick_Herring_-_The_Royal_Mail_Coach_on_the_Road_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/herring_john_frederick.html
https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=1441
https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-frederick-herring-sr
https://www.askart.com/artist/John_Frederick_Herring_Sr/9000379/John_Frederick_Herring_Sr.aspx
https://books.google.com/books?id=ybfNDwAAQBAJ&q=1795&pg=PT153#v=onepage&q=1795&f=false
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10464536/john-fredrick-herring
https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/h/herring/john_e/biograph.html
http://www.avictorian.com/Herring_John_Frederick.html
http://www.artnet.com/artists/john-frederick-herring-the-elder/
https://prabook.com/web/john.frederick/2226490
https://rehs.com/eng/default-19th20th-century-artist-bio-page/?fl_builder&artist_no=159
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, if the full askart.com bio isn’t there, it can be read in full for free on Firdays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. 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 #2408 (March 18, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
5 people up on top…so how many are inside? Poor horses!
MissScarlet Premium Member over 4 years ago
It was getting harder and harder to find a fourth for bridge.
Impkins Premium Member over 4 years ago
I told my friends I was taking the coach to Bunsy-on-Thames… they all said the same thing: Wear the fox that!? So I did! :>)
d1234dick Premium Member over 4 years ago
I hope it doesn’t rain, the convertible to is in the shop.
d1234dick Premium Member over 4 years ago
the guys though it would be fun, with the wives inside to pee on the roof, but it was not watertight.
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 4 years ago
Sorry gentlemen, the same rules as a swimming pool. Nobody can use the coach until it has been thoroughly cleaned.
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 4 years ago
I went to the old fortune teller the other day, and she said … get this … that someday there will be a type of vehicle called something like “VW”, and that it would a craze to do this. What a silly tart! Who would want to be like this?