Last night's haul: Adelina Patti, head and shoulders. Photograph by C.H. Reutlinger, 1865/1870.
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August 24, 2026
Last Night's Haul
Adelina Patti, head and shoulders. Photograph by C.H. Reutlinger, 1865/1870.
Adelina Patti, head and shoulders. Photograph by C.H. Reutlinger, 1865/1870.
Reutlinger, C. H., 1865-1879
print/drawing · lifted from Wellcome Collection, London
also in the bag:
Fragmentary base of a bowl with with abstracted all-over design
Fragmentary base of a bowl with with abstracted all-over design
Unknown, early 13th century · the National Museum of Asian Art
The Heron Maiden Standing Beneath a Willow Tree
The Heron Maiden Standing Beneath a Willow Tree
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770), 1868–1912 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Little Miss Wyckoff
Little Miss Wyckoff
American 19th Century, c. 1830 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
Three-Sectional Altar Group: Cylindrical Carving with Phoenix (lid)
Three-Sectional Altar Group: Cylindrical Carving with Phoenix (lid)
Unknown, 1644–1911 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Rejsedagbog
Rejsedagbog
Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1845 · SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark
The Line
"They, so as not to bring their horses all the way up to la Raspeliere at night, took the train with us at Douville-Feterne."
In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust
From the Vault
[2 clowns, 2 mules (?) and circus trainer]
[2 clowns, 2 mules (?) and circus trainer], 1900-01-01
found in the Library of Congress
On the Lam
Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
Taos is a town in Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico. Situated between the Rio Grande Gorge and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it is located roughly 50 miles (80 km) south of the Colorado border. Lay low here.
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