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Snarkology<p>Comparison (made in 2009) posted on Flickr in 2010. (Segment from screenshot from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonnetmaker/4479523700/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/bonnetmaker/</span><span class="invisible">4479523700/in/dateposted-public/</span></a>)</p><p>※ Left: The &quot;Banker&quot; after his encounter with the &quot;<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bandersnatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bandersnatch</span></a>&quot;, depicted in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HenryHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenryHoliday</span></a>’s illustration (woodcut by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JosephSwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JosephSwain</span></a>) to the chapter &quot;The Banker’s Fate&quot; in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LewisCarroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LewisCarroll</span></a>’s &quot;<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheHuntingOfTheSnark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheHuntingOfTheSnark</span></a>&quot; (1876).<br />※ Right: A slightly horizontally compressed rendering of &quot;The <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Imagebreakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Imagebreakers</span></a>&quot; (1566-1568), an etching by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MarcusGheeraertsTheElder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarcusGheeraertsTheElder</span></a>.</p><p>More: <a href="https://snrk.de/knight-letter-links/kl-fall2017/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">snrk.de/knight-letter-links/kl</span><span class="invisible">-fall2017/</span></a></p>
Snarkology<p>※ Left: The &quot;Banker&quot; after his encounter with the &quot;<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bandersnatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bandersnatch</span></a>&quot;, depicted in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HenryHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenryHoliday</span></a>’s illustration (<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/woodcut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>woodcut</span></a> by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JosephSwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JosephSwain</span></a>) to the chapter &quot;The Banker’s Fate&quot; in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LewisCarroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LewisCarroll</span></a>’s &quot;<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheHuntingOfTheSnark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheHuntingOfTheSnark</span></a>&quot; (1876).<br />※ Right: A slightly horizontally compressed rendering of &quot;The <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Imagebreakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Imagebreakers</span></a>&quot; (1566-1568), an etching by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MarcusGheeraertsTheElder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarcusGheeraertsTheElder</span></a>.</p><p>More: <a href="https://snrk.de/flipping-the-nose/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">snrk.de/flipping-the-nose/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Nose" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nose</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Noses" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Noses</span></a></p>
Snarkology<p>[1, left] <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HenryHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenryHoliday</span></a> (engraver: <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JosephSwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JosephSwain</span></a>), illustration to <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheHuntingOfTheSnark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheHuntingOfTheSnark</span></a> (<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Lewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lewis</span></a> Carrol), <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>スナーク</span></a><br />[1, right] Holiday’s <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PreperatoryDraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PreperatoryDraft</span></a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JohnTheBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnTheBaptist</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JohnEverettMillais" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnEverettMillais</span></a> (<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Millais" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Millais</span></a>) <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ChristInTheHouseHisParents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChristInTheHouseHisParents</span></a> (<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheCarpentersShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheCarpentersShop</span></a>)</p><p>[3] <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HenryVIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenryVIII</span></a>’s <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bedpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bedpost</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EdwardVIandThePope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EdwardVIandThePope</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Reformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Reformation</span></a>&quot;, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PaulIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PaulIII</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MargaretAston" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MargaretAston</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheKingsBedpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheKingsBedpost</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Iconography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Iconography</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Tudor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tudor</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sphinx" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sphinx</span></a></p><p>[4] <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Ahasuerus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ahasuerus</span></a> consulting the records by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Philip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philip</span></a> Galle, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MaartenVanHeemskerck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaartenVanHeemskerck</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://snrk.de/page_sphinx/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">snrk.de/page_sphinx/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Snarkology<p>The HMS Beagle laid ashore at Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz river, 50.1125°S and 68.3917°W, 1834-04-16. In 1838, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ConradMartens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConradMartens</span></a>’ drawing has been engraved by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ThomasLandseer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThomasLandseer</span></a> and published by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HenryColburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenryColburn</span></a> in &quot;The Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of HMS Adventure and Beagle&quot;.</p><p>This image is an assemblage: I added two persons (drawn by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HenryHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenryHoliday</span></a> and cut by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JosephSwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JosephSwain</span></a> for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LewisCarroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LewisCarroll</span></a>’s &quot;<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheHuntingOfTheSnark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheHuntingOfTheSnark</span></a>&quot;) to the image.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HMSbeagle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HMSbeagle</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CharlesDarwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharlesDarwin</span></a></p><p>+++ <a href="https://snrk.de/page_snarked-beagle/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">snrk.de/page_snarked-beagle/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> +++</p>