"I guess that I don't need that though / now you're just somebody that I used to know"

[larryhammer]

Things found while looking for something else:

How Dante Gabriel Rossetti came to be obsessed with wombats. Bonus links: a portrait of Rossetti's pet wombat (which was named after William Morris), Rossetti's portrait of Morris's wife (and Rossetti's mistress) "leading a wombat by a ribbon across the floor of heaven," and his memorial at its death, complete with a parody of Lalla Rookh.

Also, Arianna Savall sings "L'Amor."

ETA: via movingfinger, Top the Wombat dreams of Jane Morris.

---L.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Without yet clicking on the link, I have to say the thought of Dante Gabriel Rossetti being obsessed with wombats makes me laugh.

ETA: The sketch of the mourning of the wombat is both adorable and funny.

[larryhammer]

And self-satirizing, as well -- which I also don't think of Rossetti as capable of.

---L.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Favourite phrase of the week so far: '...either Rossetti’s épergne was enormous, or the wombat was dramatically small.'

[harvestar.livejournal.com]

Oh my!

[larryhammer]

I've seen descriptions of Rossetti's household that mention his épergne's generous size, but it's possible they were extrapolating from the wombat rather than independent knowledge.

---L.

[larryhammer]

Which, the wombat or the song?

---L.

[harvestar.livejournal.com]

wombat! I love wombats!

[larryhammer]

So do I. (I even used it as my default handle for a while.)

---L.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

It was more likely his groundhog that slept in the épergne. I find that just barely plausible, and most people would not be able to tell them apart at a glance by candlelight.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Digging around finds this:

http://raineszramski.tumblr.com/

Bloggy bits from same, here:

http://thewatchertree.blogspot.com/2012/02/pre-raphernalia.html

(Scroll down a bit on that one)

and this, O rapture:

http://thewatchertree.blogspot.com/2012/02/pre-raphernalia-part-2-revenge-of.html


I'd kick in for more Pre-Raphaelite cartoons, I would indeed. Could be a good companion to 2D Goggles (oh, Brunel).


ETA: Oh, hey: more bits of Raine Szramski scattered through this blog, pulled of F*c*b**k. For example:

http://thebeautifulnecessity.blogspot.com/2011/09/introducing-top.html

[larryhammer]

I haven't heard that speculation before. Given the notoriety of the wombat -- I mean, it shows up in almost every potted bio of him more than a paragraph long -- I'm a little dubious.

---L.

[larryhammer]

HEEEEEEEEE!

I especially like Top's dream at the top, but the Pre-Raph cartoons in general are all good, including the Sisterhood.

---L.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Very cool! My cousins had a pet (rescue) wombat once. It was pretty much pointless trying to get it out of an armchair...

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Look at the size difference, man! A groundhog would fit on the table; a wombat really would not. If you had never seen one or the other, and had heard that there was one (whether or not it was still around), you'd assume the animal in the épergne was a wombat, very reasonably. They do look a fair bit alike, apart from size, those brindly-brown burrowing colonial animals.



Wait... Are we actually having this conversation? About what animal the Rossettis had sleeping in their épergne? Are we drunk? Or asleep?

[larryhammer]

Hee! I can imagine.

---L.