| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| September 11, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| The death of General Simon Fraser at the Battle of Bemis Heights, Saratoga: key print. Letterpress and etching, 1803, after J. Graham. |
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John Graham, 1st March 1803 print/drawing · lifted from Wellcome Collection, London |
| also in the bag: |
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Fairy Tale Louis Eilshemius, American, b. Arlington, New Jersey, 1864–1941, 1901 · the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden |
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Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 71v Master of the Geneva Latini (French, active Rouen, 1460–80), c. 1470 · The Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Carl Dorschlag Carl Dörschlag · Wikimedia Commons |
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Weeco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior George Catlin, 1861/1869 · National Gallery of Art, Washington |
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Italian Scene Léopold Robert (Swiss, 1794–1835), not dated · The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| The Line |
| "I will not seal your knowledge with showing them. I will make much of your voices, and so trouble you no farther." |
| Coriolanus, Shakespeare |
| From the Vault |
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Cristiani Bros. Circus. Giant safari parading 12 noon, 1860-01-01 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| 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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