Old Rags

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, with His Wife Amalia van Solms and Their Three Youngest Daughters by Gerard van Honthorst, ca 1647 the Netherlands, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Kitchen interior with the parable of the rich man and the poor Lazarus by anonymous, ca 1610 the Netherlands, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

The Marriage Proposal by Albert B Wenzell, 1900’s US

Elegant Company at the Races by Albert Roosenboom, ca 1877 France

Alexandre Louis Joseph Berthier Prince of Wagram and his daughter by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1838 France

John and Nelle Snyder, Titanic survivors, the day they arrived in New York on Carpathia, April 18th, 1912

Their expressions are complex.  You can tell they’re feeling a combination of sadness, shock and relief.

A hat found at the Titanic wreck site, ca 1912

100 years ago a couple minutes from now, this iceberg tore long gashes on the side (and possibly the bottom) of the Titanic.  It sank 375 miles south of Newfoundland at 1:20 AM EDT.

I saw this and all the other personal items when that big traveling exhibit was in Raleigh and it was just as sad as it was spooky.

After the Matinee by Armando Menocal, ca 1885-90 Spain or Cuba

The Return from the Boating Trip by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, 1873 France