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1. about 7 hours ago on That is Priceless

   Captain James Cook, 1728-79: 

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   "Category:Maps in art" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string 6.12, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting (References links all point to the longer museum’s Description). File history has strip coloration image. 

   Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #144 (March 7, 2010) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here (2 times total, including this repeat), the March 14, 2012, strip being its first use. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.

2. 1 day ago on That is Priceless

   Portrait of the Blacksmith Jech: 

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   "Category:Paintings of blacksmiths" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string Karel, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed by the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this painting. File history has strip coloration image. 

   Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2149 (March 1, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here (2 times total, including this repeat), the March 1, 2019, strip being its first use.

3. 2 days ago on That is Priceless

   Rebecca and Eliezer: 

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   "Category:People standing in paintings" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Brave search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string Perez, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed by the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this large painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2063 (October 18, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 5 works by him have been used here (7 times total, including this and another repeat), the October 18, 2018, strip being its first use. The September 21, 2023, strip has the prior by him (the other repeat), and the October 31, 2017, strip has the prior non-repeat by him.

4. 3 days ago on That is Priceless

   Thames lillies: 

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   "Category:Thomas Brooks" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string lillies, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting. First Other versions entry points to strip coloration image. 

   Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2291 (September 22, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a couple comments and reply there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here (3 times total, including this and a September 23, 2021, repeat), the September 23, 2019 (I wonder if there’s a reason it’s always the 23rd of the month), strip being its first use.

5. 4 days ago on That is Priceless

   Metabus and Camilla: 

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   "Category:1808 oil on canvas paintings in France" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string Metabus, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed by the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1667 (March 20, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here (2 times total, including this repeat), the March 29, 2017, strip being its first use.

6. 7 days ago on That is Priceless

   A Break from Child’s Play: 

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   "Category:Undated paintings" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Play, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3358 (July 19, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the info about this artist I used to point to here. Only work by him used here so far.

7. 8 days ago on That is Priceless

   The Soldier of Marathon: 

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   "Category:1869 paintings" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string 2.09, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed by the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this large painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2090 (11/29/18) (July 17, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here (2 times total, including this Throwback Thursday repeat), the November 29, 2018, strip being its first use.

   P.S. My Tuesday comment was not deleted afterall; so, don’t blame the Moderator for it not being there sooner.

8. 9 days ago on That is Priceless

   Thanks to a markmoss1 reply, I just found out it wasn’t deleted. I accidentally posted it in the comments for yesterday’s strip (which I have since deleted).

9. 9 days ago on That is Priceless

   From the Accession number, my guess is Yale acquired it in 1981. And tried to sell it in 1998. As you mentioned, it isn’t on display; so, it’s not like the public will be missing anything if it was sold.

10. 9 days ago on That is Priceless

    Portrait of a Man and a Boy Looking at Prints: 

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    "Category:John Hamilton Mortimer" Wikimedia 

    (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Prints, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3357 (July 17, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the December 14, 2022, strip being the prior.