19 January 2019

Reading Women on Postcards

Ellen Dhub photograph, 1976
Sent by John (the UK)


I like the book she is reading...


Sent by John (the UK)


Mr Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa, Reading 
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844-1926)
Sent by Bryon (the USA)


Sent by Phillip (France)

Can you spot her?


Sent by Heleen (The Netherlands)


Girl in Red (1926), by Alice Ruggles Sohier (1880-1969)
Sent by Bryon (the USA)

Have you noticed the Christmas postmark?

Jip en Janneke characters, by Fiep Westendorp
Sent by Heleen (the Netherlands)

Although she is not exactly reading letters...

Welsh vintage ladies
Sent by John (the UK)

One reading, one doing the laundry (?!)

6 comments:

  1. I didn't notice the reading girl when I sent that, but now I see her! It sometimes feels like you receive a never-ending stream of reading women and girls.

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    1. I guessed that :D

      I am myself a tireless reading woman...

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    2. I like the reading cat, too.

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    3. There are a lot of tiny lovely details on this illustration :)

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  2. Toutes différentes et pourtant la lecture donc l'ouverture sur le monde les unie !J'adore

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    1. Je me demande toujours quell livre elles sont en train de lire...

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