Henri Rousseau. Fight between a Tiger and a Buffalo. 1908 . Oil on canvas. 170 x 189.5 cm
Tiger, Tiger, with refulgent conflagration
In the nocturnal afforestation,
Kindly provide details regarding
Nature of supernatural deity
Responsible for your design and technology.
- A bureaucrat.
Katherine, Katherine, thou dost make
ReplyDeleteGibberish of William Blake;
Please do have a little chat
With your friend, the bureaucrat.
Very good Robert!
ReplyDeleteBizarre! When I saw that I immediately though "I saw that in the National Gallery". I obviously didn't because it's in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tricks of the mind. I certainly is a remarkably striking and unforgettable picture though.
ReplyDeleteHaw! Haw! But I prefer Blake's original version which was often played over the stadium loudspeakers when my team - Hull City emerged from the tunnel. Our nickname is The Tigers.
ReplyDeleteDUH, IT TOOK ME AN AGE TO REALISE!
ReplyDeleteNO COFFEE AS YET
BEST
JOHN
Yes, Geeb. I've always enjoyed the enthusiasm of Rousseau. The lack of accuracy seems to go with it. Apparently he was a nice guy too, and had plenty of patrons, who, although they may have privately thought his art was rubbish, supported him because he was so passionate about his own work.
ReplyDeleteWell, how interesting YP! Poetical footie games. Novel.
John, hello! And welcome to TLVD. Come on in and smell the coffee. And I've got bread baking too!