David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)
(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.
What a beaut. Mrs Chook with bonnet and apron, her bird's head umbrella tucked under her wing as she looks at this semi-attached poster. Its lower part is pinned to the fence, the upper part directly to the postcard's image-space.
Lovely back view : behind the poster, behind the fence, behind the semi-detached. Behind this postcard (verso) this verse : to Miss M Bishop,
with loving wishes from PJ.
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
Behind Mrs Chook's boots, too. See :
Printed in gold, the rectangular projection-space with the monogram RTS (Raphael Tuck & Sons), supported on an easel and with an artist's palette and brushes (Artistic Series) in the foreground.
Do you see all that?
And did you see this?
Well, "Made you look you dirty chook!"
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
