Last night's haul: The Death of Socrates
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July 8, 2026
Last Night's Haul
The Death of Socrates
The Death of Socrates
Jacques Louis David, 1787
Oil on canvas · lifted from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
also in the bag:
Chasuble Back with Embroidered Orphrey Band
Chasuble Back with Embroidered Orphrey Band
Unknown, 1415–25 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Mand med hat vendt mod højre
Mand med hat vendt mod højre
Unknown, 1660-1704 · SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark
Curly Clematis (Clematis crispa)
Curly Clematis (Clematis crispa)
Mary Vaux Walcott, born Philadelphia, PA 1860-died St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1940, 1925 · the Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Natchez
The Natchez
Eugène Delacroix, 1823–24 and 1835 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Flautist from The Cave Door of Spring
Flautist from The Cave Door of Spring
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850), 1825 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Line
"Your summer wind was warm enough, yet the air I breathed froze me, A thick gloom fell through the sunshine and darken’d me, Must I change my triumphant songs?"
Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
From the Vault
Sunset route by rail and sea to New York Southern Pacific Lines /
Sunset route by rail and sea to New York Southern Pacific Lines /, 1930-01-01
found in the Library of Congress
On the Lam
El Chalten, Patagonia
El Chalten, Patagonia
El Chaltén is a small mountain village in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is located on the riverside of Rio de las Vueltas, within the Los Glaciares National Park near the base of Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy spires, both popular for climbing. Lay low here.
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