NB! · Observations · Humour

Pig Latin, you say?

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Honoré Daumier, Bathers, 1852–53

NB! · Archive · Art · Moscow · Museums · Saint Petersburg

This hanging in the Large Dining Room of the collector Sergei Shchukin's house was called the Gauguin iconostasis by the art critic Yakov Tugendhold

This hanging in the Large Dining Room of the collector Sergei Shchukin's house was called the Gauguin iconostasis by the art critic Yakov Tugendhold. At the exhibition in the Hermitage, the iconostasis could be reproduced almost in its entirety

Car interior with a brown dashboard, round gauges, right-side spoked steering wheel, gear lever, radio, brown seats and orange shag carpet.

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Interior of a 1970s car with brown trim and right-hand drive

NB! · Archive · Monarchies · Paris

The History of the French Kings in a Single Picture

Detail of an antique map of north-western North America, with a green area labelled Russian America.

NB! · Archive · Geography · Maps

Russian America on an English-language map of 1860, where Alaska would later be

Not Alaska but Russian America. 1860

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Take That Down at Once!

NB! · Observations · Humour

Thank you, but I seem to have gone off the prawn ceviche

NB! · Archive · People · Pop Culture

Photographs of Igor Stravinsky as a Model of Men's Style

Close-up of a woman with long auburn hair, bangs and freckles, wearing a light coat. Behind her, a wooden ceiling and red-shaded lamps are blurred.

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Film still: woman with auburn hair and bangs in an interior with red lamps

NB! · Cinema · People

Today the Italian actress Lea Massari turns 89; she is remembered for her unusual beauty and her work in the films of Louis Malle, Michelangelo Antonioni and Sergio Leone

A dark-haired woman in a white pleated dress and a long pendant sits on a marble mantel. Behind her are mirrors, patterned curtains and a crystal chandelier.

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