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.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Two scrimshawed Hippopotamus teeth, left as a cribbage board and right just as a scrimshaw, both showing the American bark Rosemary 1840-1846 under Captain Samuel Warren, sailor made c. 1840
Sailor with a lot of downtime, apparently.
ReplyDeletethose scratches should buff off
ReplyDeleteTalented.
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artistry on par with any famed paint dauber
ReplyDeleteThat is a ship on the naked lady tooth.
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