Baroque Fan Gifts

Vivaldi and his creative partner

Sir Desmond Murgatroyd

"Before you chop off my head, don't you think we should see a counsellor?"

'Sire, your new fortress was fine for your nephew's fifth, but I fear it is set for a sterner test.'

"We're following Carrot Top."

"Take this declaration of war and punch it up."

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

'Don't be silly- of course you're going into the family business!'

"He's his own worst enemy."

Baroque Peacock

Emily Dickinson: Mime - "I think she's saying something about death."

Romeo & Juliet & Ron

"Early model of baggage claim"

"If you let down your guard, I'll walk over the moat."

The Da Vinci Cod

"Scotch and water musick."

The University Cricket Match - a sketch at Lord's.

Johannes Sebastian Bach

Castle, Cafe + Gift Shop.

A man taking a bow

"Not now, my love. I'm feeling preminstrel."

Antonio Vivaldi

"I don't suppose you get many sovereign rulers in here anymore?"

"A wise choice sir! Aah. . . Da Vinci - a genius of the Renaissance and a man who changed the face of art forever! Would you like that as a bookmark, a pencil sharpener or a fridge magnet. . . ?"

Diego Velasquez

You're my Venus

'Tell the salesman to come back later, I'm busy.' (black and white).

Cargo Bay at Thames Warehouse

Two monks play tic-tac-toe with calligraphy-style 'x's and 'o's.

'Sire, we fixed that problem in the sales department.'

"Your remote control, sire."

'Make him laugh, make him cry.'

'When did we permit the Jester to start doing impressions?'

Knighthood being given by the king