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Such fun to see on TV last night the news item about the restoration and re-presentation of Nicholas Poussin's‘The Crossing of the Red Sea’.
"We Beheld a Great Red See"
First scene, as we recall, showed a great red veil
with a man-in-suit to either side.
News | NGV unveils restored Poussin ‘The Crossing of the Red Sea’
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What are you looking at? | Mark Shepheard – Nicolas Poussin, The Crossing of the Red Sea
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"There was a Mighty Division"
The two guardians then stretched out their arms and with flourishes most bold did divide that Red See.
from today's The Age _ picture : Wayne Taylor
And in that breach (of true appearance), revealed anew, glowed "The Crossing of the Red Sea".
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"Once more unto the breach, dear friends" (Henry V)
Twas all a tewwible twaditional twap : The Lure of the Golden Guillotine!
"Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head" (Henry V)
One well-fooled pharaonic seer rushed forward at the illusion. And, oh, was taken-in [ a sepawation most cwuel ].
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