Julius LeBlanc Stewart, American
Five Friends Playing That Game Where You Try To Be the Last To Vomit, 1890
Oil on canvas
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/// On the Yacht (named) “Namouna,” (off) Venice,
summer heat, smells and waves were a menace.
Lillie, slumped in a chair,
suffers from mal de mer,
wishing they were ashore playing tennis.
/// Lillie Langtry abhors choppy seas.
Her dog comforts her, head at her knees.
It’s no wonder Namouna
has been nicknamed “Pneumonia.”
Lill feels ill from the hot, fetid breeze.
/// The rail is her last ditch solution.
Beware wind, or she may need ablution.
(What you heedlessly spew
may blow right back at you,
as a payback for ocean pollution.)
/// The ship was a magnificent sight.
‘Twas designed by McKim, Mead, and White,
and by Tiffany furnished.
Reputation was burnished
so of luxury yachts was the height.
/// Julius Stewart was very impressed,
and was frequently onboard as guest.
People, famed and esteemed,
he would paint while they steamed
to world ports, eating only the best.
/// Lillie Langtry, the acting sensation,
with her beauty and wit charmed her nation.
Mistress to several great
royals and heads of state,
she is shown here in Stewart’s creation.