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The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is reflecting upon her life. Crabbit is Scots for "bad-tempered" or "grumpy". The poem appeared in the Nursing Mirror in December 1972 without attribution. Phyllis McCormack explained in a letter to the journal that she wrote the poem in 1966 for her hospital newsletter. [4]
Little old lady: A harmless and helpless older woman; innocent and pitiful older woman. (see "adorable" above) Lolita: A term for a sexualized minor child, typically a girl; the term has pedophilic connotations and is often used to fetishize or exploit vulnerable preteen girls. "Lolita" is a term of endearment from the book Lolita by Vladimir ...
In 2000 the portrait was sold at Christie's in London as a portrait of the wife of the theologian Johannes Sylvius for nearly 20 million pounds. [5] Aeltje Pietersdr Uylenburgh lived in the minister's residence of the Oude Kerk and was the daughter of Saskia van Uylenburgh's uncle Pieter, making them first cousins, though Aeltje was a generation older and probably served as a guide for the 21 ...
The Ugly Duchess (also known as A Grotesque Old Woman) is a satirical portrait painted by the Flemish artist Quinten Matsys around 1513. The painting is in oil on an oak panel, measuring 62.4 by 45.5 cm. [ 1 ] It shows an old woman with wrinkled skin and withered breasts.
A version of "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" by Charlotte Martin can be found on her 2007 album Reproductions. Young@Heart Chorus, [14] whose singers range from ages 73 to 90, covered "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter of a Small Town" at their 4th Annual Mash-Up concert in November 2016.
No Good Deed introduced Margo as a woman in a loveless marriage looking to move on. Margo was also one of the people interested in the Morgan home, which she tried to manipulate husband JD to buy ...
Portrait of an Old Woman, c 1480, 26.5 x 17.8cm (14.6 × 10.6in). Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Portrait of an Old Woman is a small oil on wood panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Hans Memling, completed c 1475–80, and in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, since 1944. The panel has obviously been cut down ...
The one-day free-admission event features more than 30 museums across Southern California and covers a gamut of artistic interests. Your money is no good here: Free museum day returns to Los ...