Last night's haul: Frances Susanna, Lady de Dunstanville
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August 12, 2026
Last Night's Haul
Frances Susanna, Lady de Dunstanville
Frances Susanna, Lady de Dunstanville
Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1786
oil on canvas · lifted from National Gallery of Art, Washington
also in the bag:
Wall Stencil
Wall Stencil
Ray Holden, c. 1936 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
Jan Jacob Lodewijk ten Kate (1818-89). Dichter
Jan Jacob Lodewijk ten Kate (1818-89). Dichter
Johan Heinrich Neuman (eigenhandig gesigneerd), 1875 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Broth Bowl
Broth Bowl
Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710), 1730–40 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Lutenist
The Lutenist
Hendrick Martensz Sorgh, 1661 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Broadway, New York City: view from the Post Office. Photograph, ca. 1880.
Broadway, New York City: view from the Post Office. Photograph, ca. 1880.
Unknown, 1880 · Wellcome Collection, London
The Line
"The pleasure that I found in staring at the blind, and in feeling that my mouth was half-open, began at length to diminish."
In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust
From the Vault
[Street scene and monument, in the Place Clichy, Paris, France]
[Street scene and monument, in the Place Clichy, Paris, France], 1890-01-01
found in the Library of Congress
On the Lam
The Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands, also known as the Faroes, are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and a rigsdel of the Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the Hebrides and Shetland isles of Scotland, the islands have a population of 54,870 as of November 2025 and a land area of 1,393 km2 (538 sq mi). Lay low here.
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