Ancient Picture Thieves and Notable Art Thefts
A historical survey of art theft from 1601 onward, noting the severity of early inquisition era plunder, famed cases like Murillo’s Infant Jesus at Seville and a Vienna portrait theft with a London Magazine anecdote, detailing how some loot was recovered, others vanished, and the quirks of recovery rewards.
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Rome
Italy
Spain
Wenceslaus Koeberger
Sebastian
Antwerp
Murillo
Seville
Jesus
St. Anthony
Duke of Wellington
Howse
America
Paris Pordone
Vienna
Austria
London Magazine
First Firearms and Gunpowder Origins in Europe
The text traces gunpowder origins to Berthaldus or Michael Schwartz in Germany around 1320. It notes impossible dating of the first firearm but confirms rapid experimentation after the invention and early use within twenty years. It cites Italian origin and a high authority placing powder use against the military in 1546 during Italian campaigns.
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Berthaldus
Michael Schwartz
Gostar
Germany
Italy
New York American
An Old Fashioned Woman Tale From The Atchison Globe
An old fashioned woman works hard while her husband grows idle. He hires a cook and a maid to wait on the cook, then a scrub woman, revealing the wife’s continued labor. The piece explains why the man sits on the porch reading while his wife scrubs, enjoying her own rest in a shared dynamic.
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Atchison Globe
Saved Himself. Shepherd and the Wee Bottle Anecdote
The dialogue depicts a shepherd and a doctor discussing a suicide or attempted self harm. The shepherd mentions a small bottle left yesterday and slipping away at dawn prompting sorrow from the doctor. The tone is reflective and dark as the tale concludes.
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Shepherd
Thought She'd Gone
London Tit-Bits recounts a scene at a club where Mr Daniels returns to find Mrs Daniels next to a rival woman described as a scandal monger. He quips about the old cat, and she reveals she sent it to the cats home in a basket this morning.
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Mr. Daniels
London
Mrs. Daniels
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