#charles pears

[thefugitivesaint]

Charles Pears (1873-1958), 'Diving Mermaids', ''The Tatler'', Vol. 103, #1341, 1927 Source

[dieselfutures]

Women Putting Anti-Fouling Paint on the Bottom of a Motor Launch, Leith - Charles Pears

[illustratus]

An ocean racer running under spinnaker in the moonlight by Charles Pears

[venustapolis]

Sinking of the Kriegsmarine Scharnhorst, Dec 26, 1943 (Charles Pears, 1873 - 1958)

[herprivateswe]

© IWM ((Art.IWM ART 1045) A sketch by Charles Pears of a Sopwith Camel rising into the air after takeoff, with several huts in the distance.

[sonimage1965]

Charles Pears

London (Great Western Railway poster artwork, 1932)

[newsfromsomewhere]

[oublimsart]

Charles Pears

[thunderstruck9]

Charles Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), Pear Tree in September, 1949. Watercolor, pen and pencil on paper laid down on paperboard, 22 ½ x 31 in.

[lxndonorris]

THE LAST ONE.....DEAD

[lemuseum]

[weiner-enjoyer]

in the 1700s, just before the french revolution, the king condemned all depiction of himself in any press, or that which wasn’t commissioned by him directly.

one man, Charles Philipon, owned a newspaper called the Caricature. and as such, he drew a mighty disrespectful picture of the king. and he got jailed for about six months for it.

when Philipon stood trial, he used the rhetoric that if the judge could decide what the king looked like, then ANYTHING could be the king, and ANYONE could be jailed. to demonstrate this, he drew a picture similar to that above, explaining that if the judge decides the pear looks like the king, then all pears must be condemned as well.

this rhetoric was unsuccessful. after his time in jail, he commissioned another artist to refine the drawing and publish it.

to the king’s dismay, the pear-king evolution image became a meme, and people did in fact begin using pears to portray the king. pears were, in fact, condemned. but then the revolution happened, and nobody gave a shit about pears.

this, my friends, is Les Poires de Philipon, and it might be the funniest act of resistance there has ever been

[dieselfutures]

Eat More Fish - Charles Pears

[bstroobery]

Warning: fake blood

Starting now with AFF:PI! Prequel to the AFF.

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[venustapolis]

A Thunderstorm at Harwich. Submarines Leaving Port (Charles Pears, 1873 - 1958)

[hourcat]

pierre has done so much for me personally in 2023 already

won fake nfl combine in miami/was nflierre

trying (and failing) to use the car jack like a mechanic

rocking The Flash on his helmet

like????? hello?????