The Case of the Missing Mother – Cabinet Card

Thanks to QuelleBooks, I’m obsessed with finding these “Missing Mother” portraits.  According to the fascinating and unnerving post on Retronaut, “This was a practice where the mother, often disguised or hiding, often under a spread, holds her baby tightly for the photographer to insure a sharply focused image.”  Some are more subtle than others and it’s…

PENGUIN ACTS OUT – Part The Fourth

Penguin has got himself into trouble this time! He had a weak point — this Fortunato — although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared.  He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at…

Penguin Acts Out – Introduction

The super cool people at Penguin English Library have been having a little fun with a penguin figurine and some famous scenes in classic literature.  This has been christened Penguin Acts Out. I’ve been inspired to do the same but I’ve only done a couple so far.  Watch this space for my contribution to Penguin…