tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post3898905125235811952..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Saturday morning musings – meander through Belshaw’s writer’s diary 2Jim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-54660560524345687042014-12-15T09:47:37.931+11:002014-12-15T09:47:37.931+11:00I had forgotten, CB, DG. An interesting figure fro...I had forgotten, CB, DG. An interesting figure from an interesting period. JCW, when I checked that Proctor it was instantly recognisable. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-33217343056388797072014-12-15T08:11:44.951+11:002014-12-15T08:11:44.951+11:00Very true DGVery true DGEvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-68517641277856544952014-12-15T00:12:17.961+11:002014-12-15T00:12:17.961+11:00Well, in the case of the lascivious Cesare Borgia,...Well, in the case of the lascivious Cesare Borgia, apart from his patronage of Leonardo de Vinci (through ill-gotten gains through his awful family), there certainly wasn't much else in his favour or worth remembering.<br /><br />DGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-67837982555439242202014-12-14T17:01:57.510+11:002014-12-14T17:01:57.510+11:00Them paying is definitely something in their favou...Them paying is definitely something in their favour.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-1145008373785337632014-12-14T16:41:28.889+11:002014-12-14T16:41:28.889+11:00I have an early Proctor lithograph - 'Reverie&...I have an early Proctor lithograph - 'Reverie'. I think I love it even more than my Lionels, and that's saying something!<br />JCWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-25670413376179650712014-12-14T16:32:57.297+11:002014-12-14T16:32:57.297+11:00You know, Evan, I still care because (among other ...You know, Evan, I still care because (among other things) they paid! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-14184551613857430222014-12-14T14:26:42.332+11:002014-12-14T14:26:42.332+11:00I think it was Kurt Vonnegut who said if you want ...I think it was Kurt Vonnegut who said if you want to be remembered go into the arts.<br /><br />Who cares who was ruling the Italian cities when Leonardo was painting?Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.com