tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post7177227416515077741..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: Some Fine Georgian Sauce: A Girl in a KitchenCatherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-27648301364590245702014-10-26T20:19:57.886+00:002014-10-26T20:19:57.886+00:00Thank you so much! Thank you so much! Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-23724901828788406752014-10-26T20:00:55.460+00:002014-10-26T20:00:55.460+00:00I can't ascertain the state of the utensil (le...I can't ascertain the state of the utensil (left, forefront) but I would note that a ‘cracked pitcher’ is a lost virginity; the ‘pitcher’, tout court, is the vagina. Thus The Gentleman’s Bottle-Companion (1768): ‘Here’s to the strange pitcher that water does not hold, / Tho’ downwards the mouth and an hundred years old.’ Not to mention the great Ned Ward's ‘London Bawd’ (around 1725): ‘All sorts of Lasses can I call, From Madam Flirt to Pitcher Moll.’ Finally Thomas D’Urfey, ‘Pills to Purge Melancholy’ (1719): ‘Where Wenches sell Glasses and crackt Earthen-ware; / To shew that the World and the Pleasures it brings, / Are made up of Brittle and Slippery things’Jonathon Greenhttp://www.jonathongreen.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-6903290502027663382014-09-14T22:13:46.821+01:002014-09-14T22:13:46.821+01:00A pleasure; I love your *bring back the dog* plea!...A pleasure; I love your *bring back the dog* plea!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-29464036968544655982014-09-14T22:12:08.981+01:002014-09-14T22:12:08.981+01:00Now I know why I always felt uncomfortable about t...Now I know why I always felt uncomfortable about the painting. She's a later add on. She never seemed to fit the sombre background. bring back the dog!<br /><br />Nice post, thank you.p.d.r. lindsay the authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531238218297360461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-80670081328693554452014-09-14T19:47:39.171+01:002014-09-14T19:47:39.171+01:00Wonderfully so; I'm trying to educate myself i...Wonderfully so; I'm trying to educate myself in the whole *reading paintings* skill, there's so much that I've missed!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-91318747045311890482014-09-14T19:16:03.601+01:002014-09-14T19:16:03.601+01:00Totally fascinating. It seems that even in 1720 a ...Totally fascinating. It seems that even in 1720 a scantily clad woman was good for business. Saucy indeed. Painted over a dog and checking herself for fleas - it's all so down to earth, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-38628924122796792992014-09-14T16:48:04.189+01:002014-09-14T16:48:04.189+01:00It just might be that the girl is putting her brea...It just might be that the girl is putting her breasts in order. I doubt that it is a particularly good moment for fleas to enter this scene. <br /><br />kneistonienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-86810870643746639472014-09-14T11:42:07.119+01:002014-09-14T11:42:07.119+01:00Ah, wonderful! I am very much an interested amateu...Ah, wonderful! I am very much an interested amateur when it comes to art so this is very much appreciated; I wonder if her visitor helped her search for fleas. ;-)Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-39134537066862145602014-09-14T11:37:28.192+01:002014-09-14T11:37:28.192+01:00We should consider clues to the context of what is...We should consider clues to the context of what is painted.<br />The broken saucers point to too many missteps. <br />The fruit and the candle in the otherwise shabby enterprise clearly point to lust.<br />So this lady has just had a visitor.<br /><br />With Dutch 17c painting the obvious is only one good look away ;-)<br />kneistonienoreply@blogger.com