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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.

attempts-at-greatness: The Great Pyramid, William Holman Hunt, 1854, Leicester Galleries, Leicester

attempts-at-greatness:

The Great Pyramid, William Holman Hunt, 1854, Leicester Galleries, Leicester

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in the Cathedral of Reims (1854). Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France. (HT Eccentric Bliss)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in the Cathedral of Reims (1854). Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.

(HT Eccentric Bliss)

books0977: Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII (1854). Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867). Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris. Joan is depicted in plate armor holding her banner as she attends in Reims Cathedral the coronation of Charles VII , the dauphin she helped achieve the throne. In real life, Joan never wore plate armor, but it was a common form of artistic license among later artists. Joan of Arc (c1412–31), a 17 year old peasant girl, inspired a French army to break the English siege of the French city of Orléans and to win other important battles.

books0977:

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII (1854). Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867). Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris.

Joan is depicted in plate armor holding her banner as she attends in Reims Cathedral the coronation of Charles VII , the dauphin she helped achieve the throne. In real life, Joan never wore plate armor, but it was a common form of artistic license among later artists.

Joan of Arc (c1412–31), a 17 year old peasant girl, inspired a French army to break the English siege of the French city of Orléans and to win other important battles.