Last night's haul: Crock
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September 17, 2026
Last Night's Haul
Crock
Crock
Paul Ward, c. 1938
watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink on paperboard · lifted from National Gallery of Art, Washington
also in the bag:
Pan belaagt de nimf Corysca?
Pan belaagt de nimf Corysca?
Moyses van Wtenbrouck (signed by artist), ca. 1630 - ca. 1635 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Salerno, Italy: panoramic view of the beach and harbour. Tinted lithograph...
Salerno, Italy: panoramic view of the beach and harbour. Tinted lithograph...
C., E. M. B., 1847 · Wellcome Collection, London
Stamp-Seal Amulet
Stamp-Seal Amulet
Unknown, 664–525 BCE · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Contessina de' Bardi, died 1473, Wife of Cosimo de' Medici il Vecchio [obverse]
Contessina de' Bardi, died 1473, Wife of Cosimo de' Medici il Vecchio [obverse]
Antonio Francesco Selvi, c. 1740s · National Gallery of Art, Washington
Portrait of Bernardus de Bosch I, Poet and Art Patron in Amsterdam
Portrait of Bernardus de Bosch I, Poet and Art Patron in Amsterdam
Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1743 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Line
"His time of fearing death. Stoop, Romans, stoop, And let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood. Then walk we forth, even to the marketplace, And waving our red weapons o'er our heads."
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare
From the Vault
Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho
Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho, 1965
found in the Library of Congress
On the Lam
Marrakesh, Morocco
Marrakesh, Morocco
Marrakesh or Marrakech is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh-Safi region. Lay low here.
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