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focsle · 2 years

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From the diary of Mary Chipman Lawrence, who accompanied her husband Captain Samuel Lawrence on the whaler Addison, 1856-60. Her young daughter Minnie was with her as well, and on July 18th 1859 it was her birthday and they celebrated it on board:

This is Minnie’s birthday—eight years old. I told her a month ago that when it was her birthday, I would make a treat for her in the evening and she might invite all the officers to partake with her. So she has ever since been looking forward to it as a great event. Saturday I made preparation, and I was fortunate in doing so, for I suffered exceedingly Sunday night and for the greater part of this day with a gathering at the roots of my tooth. I was able to get up, however, and prepare the treat for her. We set the table and called the officers down about half-past 7 P.M. Minnie was so happy she hardly knew what to do with herself, and I think we all enjoyed it pretty well. The officers all united in saying that they had not sat down to such a table since they left home. The treat consisted of a plate of sister Celia’s fruitcake, two loaves of cupcake frosted, two plates of currant jelly tarts, and a dish of preserved pineapple, also hot coffee, good and strong, with plenty of milk and white sugar. After we had finished there was ample supply left, which was sent into the steerage for boatsteerers, etc. Minnie arose this morning about four o’clock to look at her presents. She had a box of little notions, a book, and a pocket handkerchief from Mrs. Brayton; a pair of china vases from Mary White; two packages of paper dolls, a book, and a package of drawing cards from Helen Whitney; an ivory shuttle and a half dollar from her papa; and a bottle of cologne, a toothbrush, and a quarter of a dollar from her mamma. Not of much value, but they were all very pleasing to her.

#there’s some really cute shit with Minnie #most of the fellows on these ships seem very endeared to her #awhalin #mary lawrence

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letterboxd-loggd · 2 months

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A Cry in the Night (1956) Frank Tuttle

March 3rd 2024

#a cry in the night #1956 #frank tuttle #natalie wood #raymond burr #brian donlevy #edmond o'brien #richard anderson #carol veazie #irene hervey #herb vigran #mary lawrence #alan ladd

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gatutor · 11 days

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Mary Lawrence-John Arledge "County fair" 1937, de Howard Bretherton.

#Mary Lawrence #John Arledge #Howard Bretherton

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celeb-8008s · 1 month

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artthatgivesmefeelings · 4 months

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George Lawrence Bulleid (British, 1858-1933) The Annunciation, n.d.

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diioonysus · 9 months

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flowers + art

#its a very long name but the first one is by arnoldus boemers #cherries and hollyhocks by alexis kreyder #flower seller making a bouquet by victor gabriel gilbert #the flower seller by leon-francois comerre #gather ye rosebuds while ye may by john william waterhouse #love messenger by marie spartali stillman #a vision of fimmetta by dante gabriel rossetti #pot-pourri by herbert james draper #still life with bouquet and skull by adriaen van utrecht #flower still life by rachel ruysch #roses and a tulip in a glass vase by jans philips van thielen #floral still life by hans bollongier #panel with floral still life by dirck van rijswijck #still life with flowers and fruit by jan van huysum #vases of flowers by jans davidsz. de heem #the roses of heliogabalus by lawrence alma-tadema #flowers in a crystal vase by edouard manet #sunflowers by vincent van gogh #lady lilth by dante gabriel rossetti #vase of flowers by jan brueghel the elder #bauerngarten by gustav klimt #woman among the flowers by alphonese mucha #i dont know the painting by its by henri de toulouse-lautrec #field of flowers by egon schiele #flowers blooming by raphael sanzio #botticelli's preimavera by frank vincentz #primula by albrecht durer #flowers by henri matisse #amaryllis by georges braque #fleurs a la jarre verte by charles camoin

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galactic-marvelettes · 9 months

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You would think that after all that Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, Daisy Ridley, Kelly Marie Tran and, most recently, Halle Bailey endured, we would’ve learned our lesson. First, you said Rachel wasn’t Latina / Latina enough; then you said she was Latina and therefore she can’t be Snow White.

Y’all spent years criticizing the princesses, – namely Snow White – calling them “weak” and “passive”, saying that young girls shouldn’t aspire to be them and shaming those people that did. Disney heard you and decided “Fine, we’ll give her a more modern update,” and tasked Rachel with playing her.

Now y’all wanna do a complete 180 and want to claim that Snow White is “sacrilege” and was always a beautiful role model. You’re calling on Rachel to quit, calling her ungrateful for her role (nevermind that these photos exists), saying she “ruined the movie” for you, and hoping the movie fails based on an out-of-context 5-second Tiktok clip from a year old video. Disney creatives are the ones who made the decision to portray Snow White this way; Rachel is merely her vessel. What is wrong with y’all?!

Not to mention that y’all have the Audacity™️ to compare her handling of this whole thing to Halle Bailey’s handling of the racist campaigns against her. Rachel doesn’t it to owe to you to handle all of this with grace, by staying quiet and putting on a brave face. This constant barrage of hate and over analyzation of everything she says, does, and thinks is clearly taking a toll on her. (Also, Halle has signaled her support for Rachel, so just try pitting these two against each other again.)

Y’all need to realize that you are bullying a 22 year old for sport and have no shame for it. It’s sickening. I am exhausted from watching female actresses get torn apart on social media, at this point for just existing.

We just had “Barbie” come out – a movie that famously talks about the difficulties of being a woman and how no matter what you do, no matter how hard you work or how hard you try, nothing you do will be ever be enough. Everyone missed the message. I’m disappointed, but shit am I not surprised.

#rachel zegler #brie larson #jennifer lawrence #daisy ridley #kelly marie tran #halle bailey #like… y’all are hating a 22 year old…#… because it’s fun?#and y’all not even ashamed #it’s sickening #go touch some fucking grass #it’s disappointing when men hate women #but 1000x worse watching women hate other women #can we PLEASE try and do better going forward

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mariluvvs · 5 months

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peeta is so cocky in the books i can’t even in the movie he’s all “okay katniss whatever u want katniss” but in the books he is “katniss don’t even w me rn”

#my sister thinks it’s because josh hutcherson is so much smaller than jennifer lawrence #but not saying that in the books peeta like was always cocky #he was also very loving ofc i think arguably even more loving than the movie shows #but he was also very sassy #maris thg #thg #everlark

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ourstaturestouchtheskies · 4 months

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Portrait of Maria Dominica Ricci Seated in a Theatre Box Holding Binoculars – Emma Ekwall // Lady Nanne Schrader – Giovanni Boldini // Portrait of Mary Anne Bloxam – Thomas Lawrence // Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in “Love for Love” by William Congreve – Joshua Reynolds // Portrait of Amalia Schmidt – Karl Vogl // Portrait of a Lady – Josef Abel // Portrait of Theresa Hannack – Adolf Pirsch // Portrait of D. Amélia de Beauharnais – Friedrich Dürck // Portrait of Anna Maria van Heekeren – Charles Howard Hodges // A Girl from Sorica – Ivan Grohar // Self Portrait – Marie-Gabrielle Capet // Never Ever – Lord Huron

#giovanni boldini #thomas lawrence #joshua reynolds #marie-gabrielle capet #marie gabrielle capet #portrait #portrait painting #portraiture #eyes #never ever #never ever song #never ever lord huron #vide noir #lord huron #art #art history #lyrics #lyric art

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nostalgicninjas · 1 month

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both fought their own battles in silence,

now it leaks to the surface,

seeping through the cracks of their previous malice

apologies linger in the air, what they might say to one another

soon enough might fall from parted lips

they join together in an attempt

to take down the evil that courses through the valley

to stop the venom spreading any further

it is a poison that must be treated

without warning

Samtory - Battlefield by @cobrawords

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focsle · 2 years

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Could we hear some of the food Mary was writing about?

Sure!

She entertained captains on board when gamming with other ships, and that’s when the food bounty tended to come out. Often the foods were a mix of what was available to them (i.e. if they recently caught fish or found shellfish, got tropical fruit from a provisioning stop, etc.), and things other captains gave her as gifts that she saved for such occasions.

Captain Chatfield went out this forenoon, so that we only had two captains to dine with us, Captains Jernegan and Lester. Had a fish chowder, a large stuffed and baked fish, coffee, bread and butter and preserves, and a roll pudding. Had some huckleberry pies made for supper, but they did not stop.

Holidays were also an occasion for fancier food than usual. Here’s Christmas:

Minnie hung up her stocking last night. She was fearful that she should get nothing in it, as we could not go to the store, but she succeeded as well for eatables as if she had been at home. We had quite a Christmas dinner: roast chickens, stuffed, potatoes, turnips, onions, stewed cranberries, pickled beets and cucumbers, and a plum duff. For tea I had a tin of preserved grape opened and cut a loaf of fruitcake.

Everyone seemed to love her daughter Minnie, who was 5-9 years old over the course of the voyage. Whaling wives and—more rarely seen—their children, were definitely a domestic novelty.

We all passed a very pleasant day, Captain Winegar enjoying it very much; it reminded him so strongly of home. Minnie attracted much notice as usual. She is generally the center of attention with company. She is not afraid to speak, and her replies are generally to the point and usually interspersed with some salt remarks. The captain gave me a couple pounds of green tea, a couple tins of preserved pineapple, and a few shells. I forgot to mention that we carried him a little pig and gave him a piece of fresh pork. The cook gave Minnie a little china cup and saucer, which pleased her very much. For dinner we had a roast duck, potatoes, onions, some very nice biscuit, coffee, mince pie, and for dessert preserved peaches, pineapples, and quinces. For supper we had oysters, cold duck, biscuit, preserved pears, mince pie, doughnuts, and cookies, Captain Winegar doing the honors very well. We arrived home delighted with our visit.

Here’s Minnie celebrating her 8th birthday by presiding over a tea party with a bunch of whaling officers, that her mom prepared.

We set the table and called the officers down about half-past 7 P.M. Minnie was so happy she hardly knew what to do with herself, and I think we all enjoyed it pretty well. The officers all united in saying that they had not sat down to such a table since they left home. The treat consisted of a plate of sister Celia’s fruitcake, two loaves of cupcake frosted, two plates of currant jelly tarts, and a dish of preserved pineapple, also hot coffee, good and strong, with plenty of milk and white sugar. After we had finished there was ample supply left, which was sent into the steerage for boatsteerers, etc.

In addition to tea party leftovers being sent to the boatsteerers, foods were also made for the foremast hands as a special occasion too.

Luxuriated today in roast chickens for the cabin, and a pork sea pie for the forecastle, with occasional lunches of pineapple, bananas, and coconuts.

There were some struggles with her cooking ventures too, however:

This afternoon we killed two hens; Cynthia and Coopie. It made Minnie feel very sad to have Cynthia killed. I must not allow her to name her chickens for her friends; it makes her feel so badly when they are killed. […] I made our chickens into a pie today. The officers said it seemed like home. It was not baked well; the crust was not done. I should have more courage to make knickknacks if I could attend to the baking of them, but of course it would not do for me to go into the galley.

All in all the fare was quite fine compared to…food on whaleships in general.

#i need to make a tag for mary…#awhalin #mary lawrence

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venusjailer · 10 months

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American Psycho brainrot text posts (pt. 2) ♡