tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post5412787245883885242..comments2024-03-24T18:05:27.769+11:00Comments on Ian Fraser, talking naturally: On This Day, 15th February: Archibald Menzies diedIan Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-63978256566069565112015-02-15T18:58:29.136+11:002015-02-15T18:58:29.136+11:00I thought you'd be impressed :-) I did 'ch...I thought you'd be impressed :-) I did 'cheat' though. I looked it up (my only advantage being I knew how to track it down and what the likely best sources were). It seems Eddis was a very prolific portraitist and did more than one for the Linnean Society. I've never seen the portrait personally, the Linnean Society being the one part of Burlington House I never managed to visit. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-6604655289893807032015-02-15T18:35:37.997+11:002015-02-15T18:35:37.997+11:00I think its caveat emptor.
There is no promised...I think its caveat emptor. <br /><br />There is no promised connection between the death of Menzies and the duck. However it is clearly stated that the duck stank out the ship which would be enough bad luck fro me!<br /><br />MartinFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-15901589125102983522015-02-15T17:33:50.331+11:002015-02-15T17:33:50.331+11:00Hmm, may I gently claim that we have here a case o...Hmm, may I gently claim that we have here a case of False Advertising?<br /><br />The headline and lead sentence state:<br />' On This Day, 15th February: Archibald Menzies died<br />The moral of this story, if any, is perhaps that you don't want to annoy an amorous Musk Duck. Archibald Menzies did.'<br /><br />I have read the article closely, twice. I cannot find the part of the story about how a musk duck killed poor Menzies.<br /><br />Ian - please explain!David McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319842911865753031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-26676688143164239692015-02-15T13:18:55.270+11:002015-02-15T13:18:55.270+11:00Quite a head if she did! And quite ahead even if s...Quite a head if she did! And quite ahead even if she didn't.Harvey Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415639670778923118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-70671235163914530602015-02-15T09:04:54.172+11:002015-02-15T09:04:54.172+11:00Well, to say I'm impressed is hardly to do jus...Well, to say I'm impressed is hardly to do justice to my response Susan - thank you. Did you just happen to have that information in your head?!Ian Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-25513182444731027152015-02-15T08:55:52.790+11:002015-02-15T08:55:52.790+11:00The portrait is by Eden Upton Eddis and hangs in t...The portrait is by Eden Upton Eddis and hangs in the Linnean Society rooms in Burlington House. I think it was painted in 1837.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com