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Lewis Hamilton flying lap to take pole position during qualifying for the 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 20th, 2014. IMG_1415r
Today we voted Yes to fairer votes: 'Yes' in the referendum asking whether we should change the voting system through which we elect our MPs to the Alternative Vote, ranking preferences in order. Tomorrow, they will count the votes, and we will have lost.
Make: Falcon Games
Serial: 3832
Title: An Elegant Soiree
Series: Imperial
Pieces: 2016 (56 x 36).
Size: 40 1/8” x 28 3/8”. 102 x 72 cm.
Date: -
Bar Code: 5 011145 038327.
Origin: England.
This jigsaw reminded me why I don’t build large art puzzles too often, if at all.
The lower half was more or less okay, with various figures and colours to identify but the upper half, particularly the background, was a struggle to the extent that this stopped being enjoyable. But it is done and another that I don’t have to do again.
This picture has been featured several times previously, not least by Lars (2016), Robert Beall (2017), and Wendy Harris (2019). Their examples were all complete, mine inevitably was not. However this example does have a different piece cut: with the repeating patterns this is essentially a 2x2 grid but I think something went wrong with the positioning of the die when cutting the upper right quarter – if you look at what are the interior edges of this quarter there are some very large – and correspondingly very small – pieces not to mention some split peg pieces on the vertical too. Spotting these when sorting the pieces and working out what had happened helped in the assembly of this area.
In addition, unusually for a deluxe Falcon puzzle the fit of the pieces is extremely loose. If it wasn’t for the thickness of the pieces holding things together and providing positive confirmation when the correct pieces were aligned this would most likely have been impossible for me to finish.
One piece missing :-(
From the underside of the box:
“An Elegant Soiree” by August Knoop
A genre painter, born in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1856. Knoop attended The Munich Academy from 1876 – 1880, after which he became a pupil of Cornwall in Paris from 1886 – 1888.
He returned to live in Munich, where his paintings specialised in scenes of the time as depicted in “An Elegant Soiree”.
His love of costume detail, the richness of the materials of the day and the elegant homes enjoyed by the aristocracy are evident in many of this artist’s paintings.
Bought more jigsaws…
DONE: 834 puzzles (604156 nominal piece count). TO DO: 907 puzzles (1175036 nominal piece count).
Formal Compositional Principles: Explore each of the formal compositional principles below. In some cases, several principles may be involved in the composition of the image. This is fine, but the principle you choose should be what you feel is the PREDOMINATE one in the look of the image. Submit one image for each principle below. Please feel free to go monochrome or color for each.
World War 2 Monte Cassino Town Ruins (6mm Resin Model)
Era: Late Modern History - World War 2
Description: This set includes the Monte Cassino Town Ruins
Background: The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The intention was a breakthrough to Rome.
At the beginning of 1944, the western half of the Winter Line was being anchored by Germans holding the Rapido-Gari, Liri and Garigliano valleys and some of the surrounding peaks and ridges. Together, these features formed the Gustav Line. Monte Cassino, an historic hilltop abbey founded in AD 529 by Benedict of Nursia, dominated the nearby town of Cassino and the entrances to the Liri and Rapido valleys. Lying in a protected historic zone, it had been left unoccupied by the Germans, although they manned some positions set into the steep slopes below the abbey's walls.
Repeated pinpoint artillery attacks on Allied assault troops caused their leaders to conclude the abbey was being used by the Germans as an observation post, at the very least. Fears escalated along with casualties and in spite of a lack of clear evidence, it was marked for destruction. On 15 February American bombers dropped 1,400 tons of high explosives, creating widespread damage.
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This is Chris, a Friend of mine from Florida, who passed through on an art adventure with his wife to Memphis, TN. He's leaning forward in the classic front-porch chatting position.
The five firing positions used by Napoleonic Riflemen; Clockwise from top left: Standing, Lying with Foot Brace, Kneeling, Lying, Sitting.
Seems I never uploaded photos I took when Melissa and I went to the Virginia Signal Meet in 2019. These are on the NS Shenandoah Line which I hear are slowly being replaced now. This is Arcadia Control Points taken on 4/28/2019.
The Starting Positions - Blue got first Activation, so placed right at the front of the building. Red tried to keep out of Interference range (1 ruler unit), which forced Yellow and Green to squeeze in behind it. If there hand't been enough room on the rooftop, Frames could have started on the table (Ground Level).
Write up is here: