Portrait by Anthony Van Dyck, 1629-1630. Is that feather a fan, or is it for something else?
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- John Bedell is an archaeologist, historian, and father of five living in Maryland. He has self-published two novels and is writing a third.
2 comments:
It's for jamming into her eye because she's so damned uncomfortable in those clothes.
I was thinking maybe a multi-purpose tool you could wave at a man to get his attention, or jab in his eye if the wrong one got too close.
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