Perhaps disappointingly for some, I post this painting without any idea who General Gordon is or what this painting means politically or ethically. I like it for other reasons!
October 7, 2010
George W. Joy's "General Gordon's Last Stand"
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Brown,
Commentary,
Death,
Heroes/Heroines,
Irish,
Narrative,
Painting,
Romanticism,
Weapons/War
Perhaps disappointingly for some, I post this painting without any idea who General Gordon is or what this painting means politically or ethically. I like it for other reasons!
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Very topical....Khartoum and the Mahdi of then reappear today in the like of Darfur and al Qaeda.
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