RMweb Premium Annie Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 Me Mum always warned me about gin........ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I must say I do like women's clothing from this era. I might not have been so keen on the corsets, but dash it that's a worthy price to pay for elegance. I like women's clothes too! Oh, of this era. Well, yes, back then as well. So elegant. The gentlemen as well. Today's male clothes seem to be the most boring and inelegant they have ever been - ever. As to corsetry - you and I will have to disagree Annie! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2018 How about this one, Perth Station Jim Who was the painter Jim. rather nice picture and obviously a dog lover. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2018 I like women's clothes too! Oh, of this era. Well, yes, back then as well. So elegant. The gentlemen as well. Today's male clothes seem to be the most boring and inelegant they have ever been - ever. As to corsetry - you and I will have to disagree Annie! It would be quite acceptable for you to wear those womens clothes these days any criticism woud probably be about the dated fashion. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Ah, but its not the weekend yet! Not quite. Pleased I found this one. This compartment is Pre-Raphaelite Class. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Jim, your Perth station picture reminds me very much of the Paddington station one by William Powell Firth. Bottom right hand corner - You're NICKED sonny! How about this one, Perth Station Jim Doesn't look very Australian! Oh..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Yes, not too many stags to be bagged in the outback (bottom right). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Ah, but its not the weekend yet! Not quite. Pleased I found this one. This compartment is Pre-Raphaelite Class. augustus_leopold_egg_-_the_travelling_companions_-_google_art_project.jpg Oh dear, The Travelling Companions - I believe the one on the left, sans gloves and hat has tasted of the forbidden fruit! (In the basket by her side) Fourth or fifth appearance! Yes, not too many stags to be bagged in the outback (bottom right). Thought they were victims of cancelled trains... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Yes, I become contentious when the black clouds start to descend. Sorry 'bout that, especially to Wagonman. Me Mum always warned me about gin........ Then have some Madeira, m'dear .... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) I think Northroader’s tiles are at Willesden Junction. Can’t b well remember the artist, but he was French and lived near Hammersmith IIRC - Manet? Nope, it was Tissot, and St John’s Wood. Famous (among LNWR enthusiasts) for getting the colour of signal post bases correct (dark red). Edited November 2, 2018 by Nearholmer 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 It would be quite acceptable for you to wear those womens clothes these days any criticism woud probably be about the dated fashion. Don My Mum when she was alive was very much into dollshouse miniatures and I used to chauffeur her to the various shows. At one of the shows there was quite a delightful woman who made vintage dolls clothing as well as accurate period women's costumes and she was dressed in superbly made Victorian era clothing. I had a very long and interesting chat with her. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 Ah, but its not the weekend yet! Not quite. Pleased I found this one. This compartment is Pre-Raphaelite Class. augustus_leopold_egg_-_the_travelling_companions_-_google_art_project.jpg That is very much a favourite painting. Yes it has been posted on here before, but it's very nice to see it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I thought the tiled platform panting was a Manet. I just noticed the engine crossing on the elevated line, though its brass dome seems to be slipping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Is this better? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Who was the painter Jim. rather nice picture and obviously a dog lover. The painter was George Earl and the title is 'Perth Station, Coming South'. It depicts the return of the gentry after the 'season'. It is of course Perth General Station, Perthshire, not Perth WA. I can vouch for that as I've been in both stations. Jim 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Animal Farm applies as well to republicanism as it does to communism. After all the bloodshed, the reign of terror, Madame guillotine and the denunciations, within a decade of the start of revolution the republican's favourite general was consul and 5 years later he was crowned emperor and starting a dynasty. I wonder how much the life of a peasant farmer was improved... Pratchett had it about right - in Interesting Times (a parody of communist revolution) once the great revolution for the people has taken place, the battles and everything are over Rincewind asks the man ploughing the paddy field with an ox what he'd really wanted, he answers: a longer piece of string for his ox. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 Couldn't leave this one out. My favourite Broad Gauge painting. 'Swallow' at Paddington. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 And everybody forgets the Midland & Great Northern including me sometimes.......... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Another Frenchman who was good on LNWR signals: Pissarro. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmditch Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) When the Today programme on Radio 4 had a poll to select the most popular Monarch of these Sceptered Isles, they had to disqualify Ollie for winning........ As for Edwardians assassin, I would have thought that her steel and whalebone corset would have made a fatal blow a lucky one indeed! (You can tell its not Steampunk, the corsets on the inside. ) Regretably, Sisi (as in Elizabeth, wife of Franz Ferdinand, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary etc) was most unluckily assassinated by an Italian in Geneva in 1898 . (See the article on Wikipedia for more information.) She was indeed a 'fashion icon' (not to say 'clothes horse') of her day. I understand (but cannot find the source of the information) that she traveled extensively, and as an accomplished equestrienne spent some time in the English home counties for the hunting (and possibly other pursuits). Could this therefore be a link to Castle Aching? An incognito Royal visitor fondly remembered? (Although of course properly corseted and riding side-saddle!) Edited November 2, 2018 by drmditch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Couldn't leave this one out. My favourite Broad Gauge painting. 'Swallow' at Paddington. A nice painting, though I fear that, although the engine is outside the trainshed, the driver and fireman would be up before the beak for allowing their engine to blow off in that manner at Paddington! Also its nice to see a Broad Gauge single other than "Rover" at Paddington... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 How about this one, Perth Station Are those sets of deer skulls and antlers hand luggage? They're going to get terribly tangled up in the netting of the luggage rack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 Another pregroup station scene, Annie started with the PLM, heres the Belgian State, and I’m afraid the folks aren’t so elegant as at Perth, I think they’re searching for their tickets: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Another pregroup station scene, Annie started with the PLM, heres the Belgian State, and I’m afraid the folks aren’t so elegant as at Perth, I think they’re searching for their tickets: AD3B23CA-9582-4E1E-BBA9-67B67D1CB9A0.jpeg I'd be more worried by the way the bloke behind them is waving his hands about, than with the tickets! (Actually I'm trying to work out who he reminds me of...) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Argos Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) Another Frenchman who was good on LNWR signals: Pissarro. Question is why is there a goods lines signal on the wrong side of a single track line? Clearly the artist needs to read Richard Foster's book on LNWR signalling! (Artistic licence my.........) Edited November 2, 2018 by Argos 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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