Caricature of W. Somerset Maugham
Writers in Art: Caricature of W. Somerset Maugham
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“You and your Nero Wolfe recipes!”
“You and your Nero Wolfe recipes!”
From The American Magazine, June 1949.
[Book Nerd Links] Alphabet
Artistic Interpretations of The Tempest: #6-‘A Study of Emma, Lady Hamilton, as Miranda’ by George Romney
The Tempest is one of my favourite William Shakespeare plays. I thought that it would be fun to share, in no particular order, some of the many artworks inspired by this classic.
Number Six:
A Study of Emma, Lady Hamilton, as Miranda by George Romney
Nero Wolfe in Too Many Cooks
Two Nero Wolfe illustrations from the March 1938 issue of The American Magazine. The artwork, from top to bottom, is by: Vladimir Bobri and Rico Tomaso.
Too Many Cooks
Nero Wolfe in Too Many Cooks, March 1938
[Book Nerd Links] Dickens, Murdoch, and the Ramones
- A Trove of Forgotten Writings Is Found in a Periodical Edited by Dickens [THE NEW YORK TIMES]
- Iris Murdoch’s Favorite Painting [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Archie is a Punk Rocker Now in Crossover ‘Archie’/Ramones Comic [FLAVORWIRE]
Because Nero Wolfe, That’s Why
Two illustrations from Rex Stout’s The Red Bull, which was published in The American Magazine in 1938. The novel version came out in 1939, under the title Some Buried Caesar. The artist is Ronald McLeod.
Nero Wolfe in The Red Bull (aka Some Buried Caesar)
Wolfe was seated at the table…
Artistic Interpretations of The Tempest: #5-‘Prospero and Miranda’ by William Maw Egley
The Tempest is one of my favourite William Shakespeare plays. I thought that it would be fun to share, in no particular order, some of the many artworks inspired by this classic.
Number Five:
Prospero and Miranda by William Maw Egley, circa 1850
Artistic Interpretations of The Tempest: #4-‘Ariel and Caliban’ by William Bell Scott
The Tempest is one of my favourite William Shakespeare plays. I thought that it would be fun to share, in no particular order, some of the many artworks inspired by this classic.
Number Four:
Ariel and Caliban by William Bell Scott, 1865
Because This Photo of Edna St. Vincent Millay Will Always Be Extraordinary…
I have to share it with you.
Again.
It has been too long.
Edna St. Vincent Millay at Mitchell Kennerley’s house in Mamaroneck, New York (1914). Photo by Arnold Genthe.
“Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.”-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Cropped black and white version.
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