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   leftwingpatriot said, 11 months ago

   “When are the wenches going to get here?”
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   finale said, 11 months ago

   Is the guy in the upper right puking already?
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   Dogsniff said, 11 months ago

   Oil on bed ticking?
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   pcolli said, 11 months ago

   @finale

   I think he’s getting rid of something else.

   It’s what the one on the lower right is up to that intrigues me.
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   INGSOC said, 11 months ago

   Hair of the Dog, revival….
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   Coyoty said, 11 months ago

   This is why the rum is gone.
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   Arch Stanton said, 11 months ago

   All citizens shall have the inalienable right – TO PARTY!
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   Knightman said, 11 months ago

   1752? Try 1776!
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   runar said, 11 months ago

   This must be a rehearsal – the date on the painting is twenty-four years before the Declaration was written (Thomas Jefferson was only nine years old in 1752).
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    Barb Hinkins said, 11 months ago

    That was the year of the great canvas shortage.
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    Snoopy_Fan said, 11 months ago

    @

    Welcome back! We missed you and your great background information! :-)
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    mabrndt said, 11 months ago

    Modestly enlarged image (use browser zoom for more) is available from this Nicholas Cooke page (his Wikipedia page), or this Stephen Hopkins page (his Wikipedia page), or this Joseph Wanton page (his Wikipedia page), who are (perhaps) seated left-to-right, with Esek Hopkins between Nicholas (wearing the grey-silver outfit, thought it was a woman at first) and Stephen, at the table (detail image).
    
    Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam is somewhat described in its current-location page (the source of the different coloration, click-to-enlarge title image). This says Stephen is doing the pouring, not seated at the table, shown in this detail image available from here, and also identifies the artist in the painting. This different coloration detail image comes from here and this one comes from here (about a trip to see baseball games). It appears in many varied online pages. The artist‘s Wikipedia page (book link has a bit more about him) and collection.
    
    So far, only work by this artist to appear in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
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    mabrndt said, 11 months ago

    @Snoopy_Fan

    Thanks. Since the Edit button is no longer available, my edited post (had to fix something) appears after yours.
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    mabrndt said, 11 months ago

    @HectorPriam

    The Republic of Surinan is a South American country (considerably south of New England). According to Wikipedia, slavery existed there until 1873. But since slavery was legal in New England at one time, I can’t say that slavery was never used there (1620-1783 is a long time).
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    Perkycat said, 11 months ago

    @mabrndt

    Welcome back. When I first saw this picture, I thought it sure would be nice to have mabrndt here for this one – and there you were. Thank You!
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