Eastman Johnson, American
As It Happened, the Missile Barely Grazed Her. But That Day Tess Learned Firsthand Why You Shouldn’t Wear a Bullseye For a Hat, 1874
Oil on board
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/// Johnson’s painting is called “Lambs, Nantucket,”
so Elizabeth curses her luck. It
is obvious she
is the main thing we see,
(not that lamb drinking out of a bucket).
/// If the artist had known from the start
there’d be verses inspired by his art,
would the title include
a place with rhymes so rude?
The wrong limerick makes Sol depart.