Portrait of Joshua Reynolds.

 

I get that Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English painter who specialised in portraits. The art critic John Russell called him one of the major European painters of the 18th century, while Lucy Peltz says he was "the leading portrait artist of the 18th-century and arguably one of the greatest artists in the history of art."

But why would someone want a poor quality slide image of him?

This being Maria Jones portrait of him, for Plympton. 

Bonus - Tesco deploys 'Dalek-style security' guards with Northern Irish accents in UK stores to scare off thieves

Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso>>>

 

I THINK it's him.

A.k.a.  Dalai Lama

A Young Michael Gove ??

 

A friend suggested that this could be a young Michael Gove.

I don't think it is, and it was in a selection of Americans slides from the late 50s / early60s, so it seems impossible, but I don't know for sure.

Bonus - Mesh Game Thing.   I have wasted too much time on this...

Rockefeller at the Zoo

What a curious slide.

"Tea party at the Brox Zoo, 1941. From left to right : Laurance Rockefeller, Fairfield Osborn, Jean Delacour, "

Looks to be the same photoshoot as this picture

Bonus - Awww crap.  Frederico Luppi has died.  If you've not seen Cronos yet, you're in for a treat.

Bonus 2 - When Fishing, always bring an Action Man

Zombies on The African Queen

On the positive side, you can identify the celebrities from their Waxworks.
On the negativeside - Aaarrrggghhh. Zombies !


Bonus -  It all depends on your outlook on life.
Bonus 2 - When Reggie doesn't get his favourite pouches

Is That The Dalai Lama?

By Timothy!   I think it is.   Your actually bluddy Dalai Lama.

Bonus -

Tippi and the Baby Elephant

Unless I'm mistaken (and Lord knows, I'm infallible) that looks like Tippi Hedren.  Tippi is famous for her involvement with Big Cats, but she also had major involvement in Vietnamese Nail Bars. Certainly, the lady in the picture does have the famous Hitchcock Blonde look about her.

Bonus - Speaking of baby elephants... Baby Elephant Soup  NSFW NSFK, basically Not Safe.
Bonus 2 - Mystery over cremated remains from Michigan that washed up on Scottish beach

Heavens. Is that Jeff Goldblum??

It sure does look like him.

Also, should I call Operation Yewtree about the teenage girl trapped between "Jeff" and other bloke?

Bonus - Opera singer claims surgery during childbirth has caused her career-threatening flatulence

Bonus 2 -

Cumbria's Top Terry Wogan Look-A-Like

On the far right, Mr Simon Bennet. Cumbria's Top Terry Wogan Look-A-Like.   And with a change of jacket - a very acceptable Ray Reardon impersonator.

Yours for 10 quid a night (+ Taxi Home)

Bonus - Evil + Genius

It's The Pope !

Heaven's Above !   It's a genuine Holy Father !

OK, not Pope Benny, it looks like Pope Paul VI, but I'm no Papal Expert.

Bonus - Crap Jokes

La tombe de Rabelais

Yes, another Celebrity Grave slide.

This time, a suitably gothic romantic tomb for Rabelair, the French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist. He was the man who popularised the philosophy of "Do What Thou Wilt".

Even better was his will : "I have nothing, I owe a great deal, and the rest I leave to the poor."

Bonus - The Snow Monsters of Japan

Reynolds Wrapped

In blankets !

"Roland Reynolds.  Reynolds Wrap's Son"

An undated Red-Edged Kodachrome, so I can't provide any more info, but this is possibly as close to a celebrity as The Slide Guy gets. (Unless, I mention that time....with Madonna....when we...  No.  Better not.)

And for MayDay Bank Holiday, grab yourself a wallpaper calendar.

Kit Carson

As we're getting close to Halloween - Heavens, Saturday ?  I must find a skeleton to scare the bejesus out of the kids - I thought you might appreciate a gravestone.

Not  just any gravestone, but the gravestone of Kit Carson, legendary American Wild West frontiersman, and the inventor of the Propelling Pencil !

No particular reason :

Hey, Isn't That...

Engelbert Humperdinck ?

You know, the British / American / Indian singer, real name Arnold George Dorsey.   OK, it might be Johnny Cash, but my money is on Arnold.