Preparation of Sati
now abolished
Sketch by Robert Melville Grindlay

reminded of Fanny Parkes wrote about Sati at Kanpur
begum thugs compiled by

cites a manuscript given by Baroda Gaikwad that contained description of rituals
read here👇
https://t.co/eIq1VCOoKn

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As promised here is the Rape of Europa Series
Any resemblance with present historical situations would be purely fortuitous
Europa by Michael Parkes
Beautifully classic almost innocent...

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Congratulations to Miss Parkes who gave birth to a beautiful baby girl (Evie Grace) on Friday 22nd January at 9am!

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Libertà, libertà!
Basta un accenno, uno spiraglio, una minima speranza per mettere le ali all'anima.
È vero o no ?

Anton Cechov "L'uomo nell'astuccio"




🎨Michael Parkes

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HMS Southampton on the morning of the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916.
Painting by Oscar Parkes.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (ID: BHC3871)

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"Dragonfly" (2009) by Michael Parkes.

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First out of our Stockingful of Stories is local author reading her brand new short story
Watch it here: https://t.co/UiPbkhAbMz

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"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
~ C S Lewis


Art by Michael Parkes

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Michael Parkes (born October 12, 1944 in Sikeston, Missouri) is an American artist lithography and sculpture.

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Lady of the rocks
by Michael Parkes

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Michael Parkes - Beatrice

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The Battle of Mare Imbrium
by Michael Parkes

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➡️Une jeune fille, 1839
➡️William Hookham Carpenter
Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872), peintre anglaise. Epouse William Hookham Carpenter. Amie du peintre Richard Parkes Bonington. Mère des peintres William et Percy Carpenter.
1812, 1814: médailles de la Royal Society of Arts.

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Krishna with Gopis!
painting
from Fanny Parkes's collection "Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque" 1850
she lived in India and wrote extensively about her travels in India, i had only read her journals "Begums, Thugs & Englishmen" intro by

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"Everything I've ever let go of has claw marks on it."
David Foster Wallace
by Michael Parkes

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Baudelaire

Il poeta è come il principe delle nuvole
Che abituato alla tempesta ride dell’arciere;
esiliato sulla terra fra gli scherni,
non riesce a camminare per le sue ali di gigante.
🖼Parkes

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