And next on the auction block is the estate of the Duke d’Orelans. His trial is tomorrow, and the execution will be on Friday. Who would like to place the opening bid?
(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info, and links that point to more info, about this huge painting.
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (the last has his résumé in English below the French), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here (3 times, with 1 repeat).
has the prior (the repeat, my comment there points to its first use; but, it includes no artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2495 (July 19, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
You can’t see the evidence yet/ but the King would come to regret/ that the courts were available/ (and his court was assailable)/ for he’d let them remove the net.
The Deputies, lacking a Chair/ were casting about in despair/ for nobody would serve/ but one vile little perv/ by the name of Robespierre..(and things took a turn for the worse when his detractors nicknamed him “The Tennis Court Oaf” ).
On 17 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume), vowing “not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established”. It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution. The Estates-General had been called to address the country’s fiscal and agricultural crisis, but they had become bogged down in issues of representation immediately after convening in May 1789, particularly whether they would vote by order or by head (which would increase the power of the Third Estate, as they outnumbered the other two estates by a large margin).
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
The Oath of the Tennis Court was a rushed affair because a doubles match was scheduled for 4 pm.
rmremail almost 4 years ago
“I want $10,000 on Secretariat!” “What are the odds on Man o’ War?” “I’ll take $5,000!”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“All those who need to delice their wigs, raise your hands!”
rmremail almost 4 years ago
And next on the auction block is the estate of the Duke d’Orelans. His trial is tomorrow, and the execution will be on Friday. Who would like to place the opening bid?
Strob Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“It’s settled again for another year – no women, minorities or poufters.”
Papared25 almost 4 years ago
“All in favor of adopting rules for a more orderly Parliament raise your hand and yell like a banshee.”
gopher gofer almost 4 years ago
19th century mosh pit…
Kind&Kinder almost 4 years ago
Hey Fred! I found your lost “safety”! (anyone remember that?)
Buzzworld almost 4 years ago
“Who ordered the pizza with anchovies?”
jbrobo Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Annual convention of the international paper airplane enthusiasts.
jel354 almost 4 years ago
Any questions? Yes, Steve in the back.
dwagon55 almost 4 years ago
I have four-fifty – Do I hear five hunded?
Radish the wordsmith almost 4 years ago
The first rule of the Fight Club was that you weren’t supposed to talk about it!
J Short almost 4 years ago
Gentleman please, please, stop pushing. There is plenty of room on the artist’s side of the table.
Reader almost 4 years ago
No need to push — everyone will have a chance to sign up — we have plenty of these wonderful timeshares in Versailles [Indiana] left.
Call me Ishmael almost 4 years ago
“Hi, Mom !”
aerotica69 almost 4 years ago
My God! The Dukes are going to corner the entire frozen orange juice market!
Calvins Brother almost 4 years ago
Me,Me, Pick me!
Call me Ishmael almost 4 years ago
Mon Dieu – white socks with a suit…it is clearly the end of everything !
garcoa almost 4 years ago
All in favor of taking a bathroom break now, raise you hand.
Bookworm almost 4 years ago
“Messieurs! Messieurs! Vous commencez à ressembler à des Américains!”
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger……..
fritzoid Premium Member almost 4 years ago
“Did you hear what Johnny Depp did?”
“No, but Amber heard.”
Linguist almost 4 years ago
“O.K. How many want pizza rather than burgers?”
mabrndt Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The Tennis Court Oath, 20 June 1879:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Couder_-_Le_Serment_du_Jeu_de_Paume,_20_juin_1789.jpg
(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info, and links that point to more info, about this huge painting.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/couder_louis-charles-auguste.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=rK9FAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA121#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/c/couder/biograph.html
http://www.sudoc.fr/151261784
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (the last has his résumé in English below the French), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here (3 times, with 1 repeat).
https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2016/12/27?comments=visible
has the prior (the repeat, my comment there points to its first use; but, it includes no artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2495 (July 19, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Another Take almost 4 years ago
OR-DAH! OR-DAH!!!
Another Take almost 4 years ago
The world just wasn’t ready for the “SIEG HEIL” in 1848
Snolep almost 4 years ago
This brings back the memory of a log-ago college friend, who invariably referred to it as “The Tennis Coat Orth”.
Call me Ishmael almost 4 years ago
You can’t see the evidence yet/ but the King would come to regret/ that the courts were available/ (and his court was assailable)/ for he’d let them remove the net.
WaltWenger Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Oh, my god!! Who farted?
WaltWenger Premium Member almost 4 years ago
And how many vote that we have our next meeting in the hospital’s COVID ward?
MissScarlet Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The guy on the far right isn’t gonna sign the oath no matter what and I have my doubts about the guy doubled over the chair in the center front.
d1234dick Premium Member almost 4 years ago
HOLD ON guys i gotta go potty.
Call me Ishmael almost 4 years ago
The Deputies, lacking a Chair/ were casting about in despair/ for nobody would serve/ but one vile little perv/ by the name of Robespierre..(and things took a turn for the worse when his detractors nicknamed him “The Tennis Court Oaf” ).
Snoopy_Fan almost 4 years ago
“Hi, Tom! Did you bring the whiskey?”
Radish the wordsmith almost 4 years ago
On 17 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume), vowing “not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established”. It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution. The Estates-General had been called to address the country’s fiscal and agricultural crisis, but they had become bogged down in issues of representation immediately after convening in May 1789, particularly whether they would vote by order or by head (which would increase the power of the Third Estate, as they outnumbered the other two estates by a large margin).