Bilibin

Artist friend Nance McManus sent me this wonderful image by the 20th century Russian artist Ivan Bilibin. I wasn’t aware of him, but there is a lot on Wiki here, including many wonderful paintings and other images. I won’t be owning one soon– Sotheby’s asking price for “The Hunt” was in the middle hundreds of …

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Greener Guns and Books

The first William Greener started an English gunmaking dynasty that still lives on. (English guns at least have not yet declined and fallen, though affording a new one can be difficult). I own one of Greener’s products, a 10- bore Damascus duck gun from the 1880’s, still in service. (I got it from the vaults …

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