“Prince Rupert (1619-1682), 1st Duke of Cumberland and Count Palatine of the Rhine”
By Sir Peter Lely c.1665
Theophilus Christian - Cometen, Propheten (1665).
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Saint with a Golden Heart [1665] by Carlo Dolci](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ppl39jPF1qawqqqo1_500.jpg)
Saint with a Golden Heart [1665] by Carlo Dolci
The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
