And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Not familiar with this artist, but this is a beautiful representation of womanhood (remember real women?). The knitting and implements I would think are an allegory for her important skills for the family. A very romanatist image. Bubbarust
And she had stronger hands and arms then almost all soy boys today. Farm work does that.
ReplyDeleteIs that a ball of yarn and knitting needles that I see???
ReplyDeleteNot familiar with this artist, but this is a beautiful representation of
Deletewomanhood (remember real women?). The knitting and implements
I would think are an allegory for her important skills for the family.
A very romanatist image.
Bubbarust
"A Young Woman In The Meadow ", by Hans Dahl, 1894
ReplyDeletePurity? We all know about milk maids and farmer's daughters. Her cheeks are rosy from a recent roll in the hay.
ReplyDeleteNot too far from the same location.... here's a Faroe Islands scene.....
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