Historical Context Aficionado Gifts

Libya Crisis and the Price of Oil

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

"You're fired."

'What would your mum say if she saw you drawing all over the wall like that?'

"Let's just say I have a pre-existing condition."

Victor Hugo

"I think he was a celebrity."

Southwark Fair.

"I don’t know what your invention’s called, but it’s really irritating."

The International and May Day Terrorism

School. Report Card. You couldn't name the presidents and flunked history? Yeah -- It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Cut!

Mr. Punch's Fancy Ball

Trump secret police

Paul Ree

"Could you all please pay attention while I go through the emergency procedure. . ."

"Yes, I said bring me the king. . .But not that king."

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."

'A Ball at the Mansion House'

"All my symptoms are old ... "

That's What Happens

Cover Design for the Yellow Book, Vol 3- Street Lamps Lighting a Lady's Toilet Mirror

Archimedes, Galileo, Copernicus

The Gettysburg Address in process.

"Your rule about no yelling out in class...that's a violation of my 1st Amendment rights!"

Pearly King and Queen

The High Line at Giza

"Our focus group will butcher your focus group."

After the Sentence

"You think two weeks in isolation is hard?"

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

Newton had actually discovered gravity at a family dinner in his early childhood.

The Other Cooperstown

"America’s leaders since 1980"

'If we get out of this alive, I'm going to have a darn good look at your resume.'