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Preparation of Sati
now abolished
Sketch by Robert Melville Grindlay
reminded of Fanny Parkes wrote about Sati at Kanpur
begum thugs compiled by @DalrympleWill
cites a manuscript given by Baroda Gaikwad that contained description of rituals
read here👇
https://t.co/eIq1VCOoKn
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...
Congratulations to Miss Parkes who gave birth to a beautiful baby girl (Evie Grace) on Friday 22nd January at 9am!
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"
#VentagliInLiberta
#VentagliDiParole
🎨Michael Parkes
HMS Southampton on the morning of the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916.
Painting by Oscar Parkes.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (ID: BHC3871)
First out of our Stockingful of Stories is local author @writingruth reading her brand new short story #EmilySparkesandtheWonderlandofWorries
Watch it here: https://t.co/UiPbkhAbMz
@FCBGNews @Arts_Ipswich @LittleBrownYR
Michael Parkes (born October 12, 1944 in Sikeston, Missouri) is an American artist lithography and sculpture.
#pintura
"El Realismo mágico de Michael Parkes"
https://t.co/ZZotdY6MAF vía @Trianarts
➡️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.
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 @DalrympleWill
"Everything I've ever let go of has claw marks on it."
David Foster Wallace
#art by Michael Parkes
@GerberArancio @MollyBloom82 @VentagliP @comemusica @lukogene @robertis_emilia @EsterFerina @Papryka5 @i_pittore @antojackie @ImSophiaPLMS @A_blondeDreamer #ComeNuvoleNellAria
Baudelaire
#VentagliDiParole
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
@a_saba78 @diamiladi @CarmelaCusmai @Jjulia_02