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This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea – October 14, 2013

An illustration from an 1882 issue of Frank Leslie's Sunday magazine.

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"The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News

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#vintage illustration #strange light #ship #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – October 8, 2013

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An illustration from an 1889 issue of Puck magazine.

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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]

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#vintage illustration #mermaid #boat #illustration

Your Ship Will Come In – July 18, 2013

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Setting sails from Boothbay Harbor, Maine (1942).

* Our printed collection of vintage nautical postcards is entitled Your Ship Will Come In and is available from Amazon.com.

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#maine #sailboat #vintage postcard

Everybody's Doing This Now – May 29, 2013

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An illustration from an 1868 issue of Punch magazine.

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#vintage illustration #balancing act #house boat

Restoring the Lost Sense – May 12, 2013

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An illustration from an 1849 issue of Punch magazine.

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#vintage illustration #ship #sea serpent #sea monster #sea snake #illustration #sails

Forgotten Wisdom – April 29, 2013

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From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:

The text reads: "Keep a mind straight on a thought, and you will see how it bends down, just ever so slightly, at the horizon. —Geof Huth"

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#ship #eye #mind's eye #curvature

Did You Hear the One I Just Made Up? – April 29, 2013

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"I could have sworn I heard a violin playing 'The Last Rose of Summer.' In waltz time, no less."
—Eugenia Riley, Waltz in Time (1997)

This maritime serenade appears in Arthur's Home Magazine, 1887.

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#vintage illustration #boat #violin #musician

Restoring the Lost Sense – December 8, 2012

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An illustration from an 1894 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.

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#vintage illustration #ship #star #night #light in darkness

Your Ship Will Come In – October 11, 2012

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An illustration from an 1899 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. The caption reads: "The soul-ship moved out with the tide."

* Our printed collection of vintage nautical postcards is entitled Your Ship Will Come In and is available from Amazon.com.

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#vintage illustration #full moon #boat #soul ship

Precursors – September 10, 2012

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Music piracy, 1906-style. From Punch.

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#vintage illustration #ships #music piracy

Restoring the Lost Sense – July 12, 2012

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An illustration from an 1880 issue of Harper's magazine. The caption reads: "The mystic ball of fire."

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#vintage illustration #night #boat #fireball #light in darkness

Not Rocket Science – June 29, 2012

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"You drop the anchor, the boat stops. It's not rocket science."
—Cindy Dees, Her Hero After Dark (2012)

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#vintage illustration #anchor #sailing ship

Your Ship Will Come In – April 15, 2012

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An illustration from an 1889 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine. See Your Ship Will Come In.

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#toy boat

This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea – October 26, 2011

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An illustration from an 1860 issue of Harper's magazine. The caption reads: "I told you so."

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

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"The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News

> read more from This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea . . .

#vintage illustration #ship #lost at sea #goddess #told you so #sky spirit #illustration