Italian Renaissance Fan Gifts

Rome, 1483...a surveillance artist on every corner.

Paul Klee

"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.'

The DaVinci Code

"We're following Carrot Top."

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

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

"Make yourself comfortable on my new decorative throw rocks."

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

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

"He's his own worst enemy."

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

King George I

Romeo & Juliet & Ron

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

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

Stephen Spender.

Lessons in Prehistory.

"Early model of baggage claim"

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

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

The Da Vinci Cod

Though Mr. Frackman had yet to say a word, Bill sensed he was about to receive a particularly lousy performance review.

Leonardo Da Vinci paints a selfie

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

You're my Venus

"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. . . ?"

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

Early accounting scandals.

'Mona Lisa, would it make you happy if I gave you a foot massage every night?'

Cargo Bay at Thames Warehouse

'Gerald was stripping some old wallpaper, and there it was - Leonard Da Vinci's lost fresco ‘The Battle of Anghiari'.'

"His Excellency the Lord Premier Gooboy."

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