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| your personal art thief |
| July 28, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| John Bull has a nightmare about income tax represented by Sir Robert Peel sitting on his chest surrounded by donkeys (asses). Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1842. |
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John Doyle, 23 April 1842 print/drawing · lifted from Wellcome Collection, London |
| also in the bag: |
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Quechua Indian Unidentified (South American?), ca. 1890-1892 · the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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Portret van Theodoor van Snakenburg (1695-1750). Rechtsgeleerde en dichter te... Hieronymus van der Mij, 1743 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Commemorative head Akan artist, Late 17th-early 18th century · the National Museum of African Art |
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Safely Landed (1873) by Albert Fitch Bellows Albert Fitch Bellows, 1873 · Wikimedia Commons |
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Card Fight outside a Country Tavern Adriaen Brouwer, c. 1628 - c. 1630 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| The Line |
| "Who, I? Why, he'll answer nobody; he professes not answering. Speaking is for beggars: he wears his tongue in's." |
| Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare |
| From the Vault |
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Cole Bros. Circus. The great Grimes undisputed champions of the high wire found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Jiufen, Taiwan |
| Jiufen, also spelled Jioufen or Chiufen, is a historic former gold mining town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is notable for Jiufen Old Street, a narrow, winding alleyway with shops, teahouses, and restaurants that offers tourists a view of traditional Taiwanese life. Lay low here. |
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