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sneez · 2 years

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i cannot stop thinking about this stanza of the epitaph the 2nd duke of buckingham wrote about fairfax (his father-in-law). his transgender swag

[id: two digital drawings of mary fairfax and the 2nd duke of buckingham sitting together. in the first image buckingham has his arm around mary (who is looking disgruntled) and is looking at something out of view, saying ‘your dad looks gnc af’. in the second image mary is turning to him with an incredulous expression, saying ‘YOU’RE INSANE’, whilst he looks sheepish.

the third image is a screenshot of a verse from the epitaph. it reads:

UNDder this Stone doth lye One born for Victory, Fairfax the Valliant, and the only He, Who e'r, for that alone a Conqueror wou’d be, Both Sexes Virtues were in him combin'd: He had the Fierceness of the Manliest Mind, And all the Meekness too of Woman kind.

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bonus: the gnc dad in question

[id: a digital drawing of thomas fairfax sitting in his wheelchair, reading a letter. he has a blanket over his legs and is wearing a serious expression. end id.]

#fairfax #artwork #that's moll on the left by the way (fairfax's daughter)#she married buckingham in 1657 and he was a giant bastard to her so i hate him. dickhead supreme (sorry any buckingham fans)#not the first duke i like that one it's just the second one i resent for Moll Reasons #it doesnt seem to have been obvious that he was a dickhead at the point they got married though. moll was besotted with him at least #buckingham does seem to have had a lot of respect for fairfax too which is interesting. i wonder what their relationship was like #anyway this is very silly i just had it on my mind :-D based on that one tumblr post of course #also i am going home for christmas on saturday (wahoo!!!) and i am pretty much done with work so expect more art in the near future :-)#i hope. id better do more. squints suspiciously at self #i hope you are all doing well my dear friends i love you all extremely

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