NB! · Observations · Humour

In principle, there are several more candidates for the role of the mermaid

In principle, there are several more candidates for the role of the mermaid. What say you?

NB! · Cinema · Observations · Pop Culture

Who I Should Like to See in the Lead Role in the "Little Mermaid" Remake

NB! · Humour

Forgive me, of course, but are you sure these are cosmetic snails?

Black-and-white engraving of a man bending over a flock of sheep gathered inside a net enclosure, with hills behind.

NB! · Observations · Ethnography · Humour

A man with sheep beside a net in an engraving and the work of July

July is not only the time for making hay but also for shearing sheep, that much is understood. But can anyone explain what is going on here?

NB! · Art · Observations · Humour

My first thought on seeing the 1754 portrait of Abbé Jacques Pernetti: good heavens, did Jean-Étienne Liotard paint Bridget Jones's father?

Coloured print “Too Much and Too Little”: a lady in an ornate gown with a ruff faces a lady in a light, sheer dress with a feather in her hair.

NB! · Observations · Mores · Humour

British caricature compares summer clothing of 1556 and 1796

A summer outfit of 1796 against a summer outfit of 1556: quite a comparison, to be sure. But what would these ladies say on seeing a summer outfit of 2019?

Black-and-white print: two frightened ladies with tall coiffures and ostrich plumes flee from an ostrich while a dog barks beside them.

NB! · Art · Mores · Nature · Humour

Ostriches attack ladies in feathered hats in an engraving of 1777

Enraged ostriches attack fashionable ladies in extravagant hats trimmed with ostrich feathers. Avian revenge, 1777

NB! · Observations

Forgive Me

NB! · Monarchies · Paris · Pop Culture · Humour

The image of a bee on clothing is a registered Gucci trademark, but beetles were already embroidered on the curtains of Napoleon's library at Saint-Cloud