#pictorialallusion — Public Fediverse posts

Preparatory sketch by Henry Holiday for an illustration to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".

There seems to be a pictorial reference to the Sphinxes' breast in the sketch.

#TheHuntingOfTheSnark #HenryHoliday #LewisCarroll #EdwardVI #HenryVIII #Ahasuerus #sphinx #breasts #Bedpost #TheKingsBedpost #Allusion #PictorialAllusion #PictorialReference #Reformation #BreastsInArt #EdwardVIandThePope #PhilipGalle #MartenVanHeemskerck

More: https://bedpost.snrk.de or https://snrk.de/page_edward-vi-and-the-pope/page_the-kings-bedpost/.

@georgetakei -- «In Vonda McIntyre's novelization of #StarTrek2: #TheWrathOfKhan, she reveals that the use of protomatter in the Genesis Device was made possible due to the discovery of sub-elementary particles, which were named by whimsical scientists as "#snarks" and "#boojums".» (Source: https://manga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark).

In #StarWars, The shape of #Yoda might be a #PictorialAllusion to #HenryHoliday's depiction of the Baker's Uncle in #LewisCarroll's "#TheHuntingOfTheSnark".