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whippoorwill Jan 03 2019 11:45 AM

I am reading Nicholas Nickelby, and the cover of the book has this awesome picture by Vautier the Elder. It is called "After Class" https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZJI-6m-mj8/VppqzTF0mWI/AAAAAAAAft0/olmtRIYdQQY/s1600/1%2BBenjamin%2BVautier%2B%2B%2B%2B%2BAfter%2BSunday%2BSchool.jpg > ALso came across this slightly different version.... https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w800h800/VA/VA_PC_2006AL4053.jpg> I am enthralled by these pictures! Notice the boys are wearing different outfits...some of them traded from one boy to another. The young teacher on the right. Did he grow up wanting to teach young ruffian boys, or was it just his lot in life? He looks unhealthy. Pallid skin, red ears and nose. He also looks about 19 years old. Cannot find a word of information about the pictures, but I love to make up stories about things like this. What's up with the kid with the jaw bandage? Is the boy with an umbrella the class priss? How about the little redhead with an eye patch? What's the blonde kid on the top picture yelling at the boy with the bandage? By the way the little darling doffing his hat at the teacher on the top picture looks just like my grandson in a few years :) Any thoughts?

batmagadanleadoff Jan 03 2019 11:50 AM Re: Tell me a story

I guess they didn't have Novocaine back then. Or opioid painkillers. Just tie a rag around where the pain is to make the hurting go away. I bet they also thought you could render your opponent unconscious with a well placed karate chop to the neck.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 03 2019 11:53 AM Re: Tell me a story

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=439 time=1546541413 user_id=68] I guess they didn't have Novocaine back then. Or opioid painkillers. Just tie a rag around where the pain is to make the hurting go away. I bet they also thought you could render your opponent unconscious with a well placed karate chop to the neck.

Also, no one's gonna mess with umbrella boy and try to swipe his umbrella because umbrella boy looks to be the biggest kid there. Except for toothache boy but toothache boy's in too much pain to instigate schoolyard brawls on this day.

whippoorwill Jan 03 2019 11:56 AM Re: Tell me a story

Love this input! Isn't this fun? I've been doing this for a week with this picture...

batmagadanleadoff Jan 03 2019 12:00 PM Re: Tell me a story

I bet those kids are all in a hurry to get home to watch Popeye reruns. Which kid d'ya suppose has the nicest TV?

whippoorwill Jan 03 2019 12:05 PM Re: Tell me a story

Umbrella boy! He looks coddled

cal sharpie Jan 03 2019 12:38 PM Re: Tell me a story

Painters in the 19th century would often paint variations of the same painting multiple times. They had to make a living and had a hit painting. Kind of like singers churning out their hits night after night.

whippoorwill Jan 03 2019 12:50 PM Re: Tell me a story

Kinda hard to decide which I like better

Benjamin Grimm Jan 03 2019 12:54 PM Re: Tell me a story

I like the less colorful one. Seems more appropriate for the winter scene. I think the kid with the bandage around his jaw might have a toothache. The cure is to tie a string around your tooth and have somebody hand you a saber-tooth tiger. https://resizing.flixster.com/DxP0AdPScFFrif7AjAmBhU9DFy8=/400x300/v1.bjsxODQxMTUxO2o7MTc5NzY7MTIwMDs0MDA7MzAw>

whippoorwill Jan 03 2019 01:02 PM Re: Tell me a story

Lol!

Centerfield Jan 03 2019 01:23 PM Re: Tell me a story

It seems like the Flintstones haven't been able to make the jump to this generation's kids. It's a shame. The world is better with Flintstones.

Frayed Knot Jan 03 2019 01:44 PM Re: Tell me a story

cal sharpie wrote: Painters in the 19th century would often paint variations of the same painting multiple times ... Kind of like singers churning out their hits night after night. The second version is the original studio mix. The first was released later on and only after the artist did what every artist did when he wanted to smooth out the rough edges back in the '70s (1870s in this case) ... he brought in Michael McDonald to apply the finishing touches.

LWFS Jan 04 2019 03:48 PM Re: Tell me a story

I feel like Little Pockets has seen some things... things he won't be able to unpack for another century-and-a-quarter, when therapy comes into vogue.

whippoorwill Jan 04 2019 06:38 PM Re: Tell me a story

Little Pockets is looking for the plum he got in his stocking for Christmas. The ONLY thing he got for Christmas And that rapscallion behind him is eating it

Fman99 Jan 04 2019 08:44 PM Re: Tell me a story

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The cure is to tie a string around your tooth and have somebody hand you a saber-tooth tiger. https://resizing.flixster.com/DxP0AdPScFFrif7AjAmBhU9DFy8=/400x300/v1.bjsxODQxMTUxO2o7MTc5NzY7MTIwMDs0MDA7MzAw> I always wonder where the bottom of that bandage goes. It's not like Barney has a neck. Does this thing wrap right through the wickets or what?

Lefty Specialist Jan 06 2019 10:41 AM Re: Tell me a story

Wonder about the kid in the top picture doing a little Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury bit with the bandana over one eye. Probably got nailed with a slushball last week. The kid in front of him looks like he's ready to belt out his rendition of Oklahoma! that just KILLED in summer stock last year, but probably goes right over the heads of these English kids.

whippoorwill Jan 06 2019 02:59 PM Re: Tell me a story

Have you guys ever seen the Sesame Street version of Oklahoma? EEEEEEEK! La homa.... It's a scream