This morning I completed the addressing of the last of the cards for posting.
After lunch I scanned the next six of Charles Keeping’s marvellous illustrations to my Folio Society edition of ‘Dombey and Son’.
‘He caught her to his heart’
‘ ‘I beg your pardon, ‘ interposes Cousin Feenix’
‘ ‘Let go, will you? What are you doing of?’ ‘
‘She wound her wild black hair around her hand’
The drawing of ‘She surveyed him with a haughty contempt and disgust’, shows the gentleman’s unusually sheathed teeth indicating his discomfort;
and, in the foreground of ‘Away, at a gallop, over the black landscape’ the teeth display alarm instead of the usual broad grin.
Because of a flaw in the printing of this page, I have not included the text with the image which is too good to omit.
Max, of Peacock Computers, visited this afternoon to troubleshoot the new landline, and to tidy up the cable spaghetti of the improved broadband system.
Afterwards we posted the cards and bought bread and tomatoes at Everton Post Office.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s substantial chicken and vegetable stewp and fresh crusty bread and butter, with which she drank Hoegaarden and I drank more of the Pomerol.
Marvelous drawings. A master of ink.
Pommerol not finished yet? (You are indeed taking it one sip at a time)
One glass left, Brian 🙂 Thanks very much
They make bottles smaller and smaller every year… Tsss.
Jackie’s stew looks delicious! So you can buy food at your post offices? We don’t have that here.
It is quite common in the countryside, for the village shop and post office to be combined – this is what our house years ago. Thanks a lot, John
I see, thanks for the information, Derrick.
A visual delight is what you have served us this evening along with that delicious stewp and the Pommerol.
Thank you so much, Anne. I’m pleased you thought so.
The sell bread at the post office?
Yes. It is the village shop, too. As was our house decades ago. Thanks a lot, Bridget
Your meal looks good.
Thanks very much, Mrs W
Your welcome.
My goodness! The things you can get at your post office!
🙂 Thanks a lot, Laurie
Love these Mr. Keeping’s illustrations! Again, the faces, expressions, hairdos and clothing absolutely fascinate me! The ‘He caught her to his heart’ illustration and the 3 horses illustration…spectacular! 🙂
YUM YUM YUMMY on Jackie’s stewp and bread meal! 😋
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…”cable spaghetti”…great term…we have some. 🙂
Thank you very much, Carolyn. I am pleased that Keeping is so appreciated. Maybe all will be wireless one day.
Lovely hearty soup
It was, Sheree. Thanks a lot
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A great deal about a character can be conveyed aobut a character with teeth.
Speaking of teeth, your supper looks really good! Homemade soup and crusty bread is one of my favorite meals.
Thank you so much, Liz. Nicely linked comments 🙂
Thank you, Derrick. (I needed to proofread that first sentence!)
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Now that is a stew after my own heart… And love those illustrations Derrick…. 🙂
Thank you very much, Sue. I have been working my way through the joint works of Dickens and Keeping in my Folio Society edition
These illustrations are particularly good because there is enough detail to spark the imagination to fill in. That one with the horses has so much motion!
Thank you so much, Lisa. Keeping was a master of movement and emotion
Hope you labelled or colour coded all those cables, always useful to know what goes where! I used to do that for my husband. He was such a handyman and could turn his hand to anything until it came to computers! 😁
Stewp sound lovely.
Thanks very much, Sue. They are labelled 🙂
Stewp and crusty bread seems like an excellent way to end any winter day.
It is, Tootlepedal – although not really wintery here. Thanks very much
His illustrations are absolutely magnificent. For example, in the first one you can see with just a two or three lines the shape of her leg under the dress. And then that haughty girl later one. She would be one to avoid.
Two good observations, John. Thanks very much
Christmas cards! I knew there was something I had to do . . .
Excellent breadboard. The stewp looks good too.
Thanks very much, Quercus. 🙂
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Oh my, Jackie’s dinner looks so yummy! So they sell groceries at your Post Office?
Thanks very much, Jill. In the countryside the village shop/Post Office was quite common. Mat and Tess’s Village shop was also a Post Office until the P.O. closed down that side of it.
Sounds nice! Thanks for the explanation.😉
What a wonderful post! Thanks for the photos of your meal!
I’m pleased you think so, Leslie. Thank you very much
Such interesting characters! The illustrations tempt me to read more, though I have such a long to read list. I like the romance of, “‘He caught her to his heart’”
Thank you very much, JoAnna
I could happily enjoy that stew while looking at those wonderful illustrations
I wish you could, Gary. Thank you very much
Great drawings!
They really are, Sylvie. Thank you very much
Various angles chosen by Keeping to represent events and emotions in Dickens’s story have resulted in startling elucidations enormously augmenting the value of the narrative. Food photographs are excellent and enticing.
Thank you so much, Uma. As always, your analysis of Keeping’s drawings is spot on
Yum yum. Your dinner looks delicious.
Thanks very much, Arlene
Another super delicious dinner 😋😋
Thanks very much, Ribana
Well, she certainly shows her “haughty contempt and disgust”. An excellent illustration of her feelings.
It really is. Thanks very much, John
The header illustration with the flawed print is wonderful (as are the rest). “Cable spaghetti” is perfect. 😀
Dinner looks delicious.
Thank you so much, Merril
You’re welcome, Derrick.
I really love the drawings.
Especially the one with the horses, that you also chose as the main picture for the post.
A delightful post
Thanks very much, More
You’re very welcome
The drawings are amazing! Such superb intracacy.
They really are, Eugi. Thank you very much
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Yes, I too liked “cable spaghetti.”
Thanks very much, Crystal
Does Jackie hire out? That stew looks delicious!
Thanks a lot, Pat. She’d be honoured, but I keep her too busy.
Fair enough. I probably couldn’t afford her rates and certainly not the transatlantic air fare. 😉
Fair enough. I probably couldn’t afford her rates and certainly not the transatlantic air fare. 😉
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Even the design of the chairs complements the flowing lines of the couple in the first illustrations, while the black hair draws the eye to “love and trustfulness” expressed by the body position. The last one is remarkable not only by the display of the teeth, but also by the overall impression of the speed.
The Culinary Queen has outdone herself again.
It is heartening to see the odd error in a famous and traditionally published book, Derrick, it makes my couple of small errors seem minor. Your dinner sounds divine.
It was actually an unwarranted crease down the page, Robbie. Thanks very much.
That is quite funny, Derrick.
I always enjoy the illustrations, and how well he captures personality in them.
I’m pleased, Lavinia. Thank you very much