Anton Hickel, Austrian
“Then It’s Settled. Despite Not Being Remotely Funny, ‘The Bear’ Can Be in the Comedy Category. The Same Way We Let ‘Breaking Bad’ Compete as a Cooking Show,” 1793-94
Oil on canvas
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/// Anton Hickel had painted The House
of Commons, where “common” pols grouse
about matters of state,
and opponents they hate,
and flip-flop about what they espouse.
/// This is not the elite House of Lords
with nobility knighted by swords.
Though no high-ranking Brahmin,
what they all have in Common:
bewigged white guys (as Hickel records).
/// Back in France a peruke leads to dread.
If you wear one, the mob wants you dead.
Many nobles have bled
from a blade-severed head.
Better powder your donuts instead.
/// Why’d an Austrian paint William Pitt
the Younger, instead of a Brit?
Anton’s portraits were known
throughout Europe. He’s shown
ninety-seven men here where they sit.
/// They are seated in St Stephen’s Chapel,
where the Tory and Whig factions grapple,
making claims of depravity
over matters of gravity
(unrelated to Newton’s famed apple).