Original "Alice" Manuscript - None Compares!

Lewis Carroll's art Copyright © The British Library Board
Copyright © The British Library Board

Copyright © The British Library Board British Library, Add. MS 46700 - all above images: Copyright © The British Library Board

What could be more beautiful than the original manuscript? This is the original version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, the pen-name of Charles Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician. It is called "Alice's Adventures Underground" and it is a treasure of the British Library. The book is in their online gallery and you can look at each hand-written, hand-drawn page (all 91 pages). Here is the link:

British Library Online Gallery-Virtual Book .
Fascinating and original!

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Danish Siblings

siblings
Originally uploaded by svenderik

The pointy hat appeals to me.:)

Poorly Framed Photo Makes Great Art

Poorly Framed
Originally uploaded by stevechasmar

That's exactly why I like this.
The head is cut off and the pose
is a hoot. I used to compose my own
art photos cutting off the tops of heads
..but, never the entire head. Wonder why I
never thought of that?

My Serge Sketch

Here's my sketch of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. I drew this for the Draw Serge blog.

Thanks, Jonathan Edwards.

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Famous Paintings Recreated in Music Video

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

Engraved Pearl Inlay

Detail of fingerboard on John C. Haynes 1895 banjo -made for William E. Stratton

I love this design.

From the amazing book,

"America's Instrument- The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century" by Gura and Bollman

Crehore Piano at auction this week

This is interesting.There are a few bass viols and a piano made by Benjamin Crehore, an ancestor of mine, in The Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Up for auction this week is another piano that was part of the Boston Library collection (detail shown above). Partial description:

Federal Mahogany Inlaid Benjamin Crehore Piano, Milton, Massachusetts, c. 1800, ht. 34 3/4, wd. 84, dp. 23 in. Note: Benjamin Crehore (1754-1831) was born in Milton, Massachusetts, and was the first instrument maker in New England to build pianos. Lot 381

LINK to more photos and description. View lots: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - Boston - March 7 2010 11:00 AM

Previews all week at Skinner Skinner, 63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

Auction time: March 7, 2010 11 AM Auction #2494

News for antique instrument lovers in NYC: The André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments reopened yesterday at Metropolitan Museum after an eight-month hiatus. Showcasing more than 230 works of art. LINK
A daylong exploration of early music on Saturday, March 13, 2010—Early Music Exposed—at the Metropolitan Museum will celebrate the reopening of the galleries.

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