https://snrk.de https://snrk.de/page_elizabeth-i/ describes the images shown in this picture.
I am hunting the Snark. My main hunting grounds are Henry Holiday's illustrations to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark". The shortlink bm.snrk.de leads you to my most important finding.
👈: Illustration by Henry Holiday (cut by Joseph Swain) to the chapter 'The Banker’s Fate' in Lewis Carroll’s 'The Hunting of the Snark' (1876).
👉: Horizontally compressed rendering of 'The Imagebreakers' (1566-1568) by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.
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https://snrk.de/flipping-the-nose/ ※ Left: The Banker in Lewis Carroll's 'The Hunting of the Snark' (1876) after his encounter with the Bandersnatch, depicted in Henry Holiday’s illustration (woodcut by Joseph Swain) to the chapter 'The Banker’s Fate' in Lewis Carroll’s tragicomedy. ※ Right: Slightly horizontally compressed rendering of 'The Imagebreakers' (1566-1568, aka 'Allegory of Iconoclasm'), an etching by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder. Keys: TheHuntingOfTheSnark | LewisCarroll | HenryHoliday | JosephSwain | MarcusGheeraerts | MarcusGheeraertsTheElder | Nose
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#anglican #ThomasCranmer #TheHuntingOfTheSnark
In one of Henry Holiday's illustrations to "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876, by Rev. C.L. Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll), a hidden depiction of Thomas Cranmer's hand in the flames can be found.
See also: Curator's comment in snrk.de/faiths-victo....
You find the full text shown in this image in the ALT text to the image in rule42.snrk.de (which redirects you to https://snrk.de/eschatological-snark/#GardinerConclusion)
Karen Gardiner, "Life, Eternity,and Everything: Hidden #Eschatology in the Works of Lewis Carroll", pp. 25~41 in The Carrollian, Issue 31, 2018.
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#TheHuntingOfTheSnark (The Hunting of the Snark), #LewisCarroll, #ThomasCranmer, #Anglican, #42Articles, #42, #EternalDamnation
www.theguardian.com/media/mind-y... (2016-02-05) is the second part of Andy Bodle's philippica.
More about portmanteaus (from Lewis Carroll's preface to "The Hunting of the Snark"):
From Lewis Carroll's 'The Hunting of the Snark', pages 4 and 5. In the image (source: https://archive.org/details/huntingofsnarkag00carrrich/page/4/mode/2up), lines 009 (https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#009) and 010 (https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#009) are highlighted. 009 The crew was complete: it included a Boots — 010 A maker of Bonnets and Hoods — 011 A Barrister, brought to arrange their disputes — 012 And a Broker, to value their goods. 013 A Billiard-marker, whose skill was immense, 014 Might perhaps have won more than his share — 015 But a Banker, engaged at enormous expense, 016 Had the whole of their cash in his care. 017 There was also a Beaver, that paced on the deck, 018 Or would sit making lace in the bow: 019 And had often (the Bellman said) saved them from wreck, 020 Though none of the sailors knew how.
Three weeks ago I opened a debate ablout the 9-or-10-snarkhunters issue in reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/s/S...
Seeing the photo recalls a scene from 'Life of Brian' from my visual memory.
Thank you. That’s good incentive to keep exercising.
For changing the world keep grinding.
"... As is now made clear, these words ARE NOT from the Alice books! It is instead, from a game inspired by the Alice books."
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https://snrk.de/meme/ Some (rearranged) verses from the first two "fits" in Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark" (published 150 years ago on 1876-04-01): {https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#1.01} “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man on the top of the tide By a finger entwined in his hair. {https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#1.02} “Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true.” {https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#2.07} Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes: A thing, as the Bellman remarked, That frequently happens in tropical climes, When a vessel is, so to speak, “snarked.” {https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#2.08} But the principal failing occurred in the sailing, And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed, Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East, That the ship would not travel due West! {https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#2.05} This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out That the Captain they trusted so well Had only one notion for crossing the ocean, And that was to tingle his bell.
"What I tell you three times is true."
Carroll even invented portmanteaus which look like meaningful words. I think that "Boots" is an interlaced portmanteau made from "Bonnets" and "Hoods". There is a reason why he used the interlaced portmanteau to explain portmanteaus in snrk.de/snarkhunt/#p....
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Don't worry. There is no need to remove your post.
When I started to dig into Henry Holiday's illustrations to Lewis Carroll's tragicomedy "The Hunting of the Snark" many years ago, I became aware about the allegations and the debate. snrk.de/kwm/ is an entry in my blog about this issue in.
From Lewis Carroll's 'The Hunting of the Snark', pages 4 and 5. In the image (source: https://archive.org/details/huntingofsnarkag00carrrich/page/4/mode/2up), lines 009 (https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#009) and 010 (https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#009) are highlighted. 009 The crew was complete: it included a Boots — 010 A maker of Bonnets and Hoods — 011 A Barrister, brought to arrange their disputes — 012 And a Broker, to value their goods. 013 A Billiard-marker, whose skill was immense, 014 Might perhaps have won more than his share — 015 But a Banker, engaged at enormous expense, 016 Had the whole of their cash in his care. 017 There was also a Beaver, that paced on the deck, 018 Or would sit making lace in the bow: 019 And had often (the Bellman said) saved them from wreck, 020 Though none of the sailors knew how.
Hint to Snark cosplayers: Lewis Carroll liked to challenge the readers of his books with ambiguities. The "Boots" and the "maker of Bonnets and Hoods" could be the same person.
A steampunkish Snark movie: www.amazon.com/Hunting-Snar...
Good timing. On April 1st Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark" was published 150th years ago. bsky.app/profile/snar...
Douglas Adams’ radio drama came in ‘fits’. Lewis Carroll’s Snark came in fits. The ‘42’ in both works has at least one purpose: to provoke a never ending debate about the meaning of 42. The safest way to participate in that debate is to firmly assert that these 42s have no meaning.
Quite a few people imagine that this quote is by Lewis Carroll. 😉
In Lewis Carroll‘s time writing desks and ravens both had feathers on them.
There is no Carroll quote with such a wording.
More about Lewis Carroll’s plays with words: As “Boots” is a real word, Lewis Carroll knew that it is difficult for readers of “The Hunting of the Snark” to understand that it also is an interlaced portmanteau made from “Bonnets” and “Hoods”.
The sail is a staysail, not a bonnet.
It seems that since 1876 most readers of "The Hunting of the Snark" assume that the Snark hunting party consists of 10 members. But in Michael Sporn‘s beautiful animated Snark film (1989, narrator: James Earl Jones), there are only 9 Snark hunters, not 10, because (as shown in the image) the “Boots — a maker of Bonnets and Hoods” is boarding the Bellman’s vessel as a single person. See also: https://snrk.de/michael-sporns-snark/ Discussion (is the "Boots" the "maker of Bonnets and Hoods"?): https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/1saigeb/opinion_ambiguity_in_the_hunting_of_the_snark_1876/
James Earl Jones faithfully narrated Michael Sporn's animated film "The Hunting of the Snark" (1989) with only 9 Snark hunters. Although since 150 years most Snark readers believe that there are 10 Snark hunters, I think that Sporn and Jones got it right.
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It seems that since 1876 most readers of "The Hunting of the Snark" assume that the Snark hunting party consists of 10 members. But in Michael Sporn‘s beautiful animated Snark film (1989, narrator: James Earl Jones), there are only 9 Snark hunters, not 10, because (as shown in the image) the “Boots — a maker of Bonnets and Hoods” is boarding the Bellman’s vessel as a single person. See also: https://snrk.de/michael-sporns-snark/ Discussion (is the "Boots" the "maker of Bonnets and Hoods"?): https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/1saigeb/opinion_ambiguity_in_the_hunting_of_the_snark_1876/
James Earl Jones faithfully narrated Michael Sporn's animated film "The Hunting of the Snark" (1989) with only 9 Snark hunters. Although since 150 years most Snark readers believe that there are 10 Snark hunters, I think that Sporn and Jones got it right.
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By George Harrison, probably inspired by Lewis Carroll.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/1saigeb/comment/oecccx0/ GoetzKluge OP 2026-04-05 By the way, a maker of bonnets and hoods isn't necessarily a hatter, because bonnets and hoods aren't necessarily hats. In the image below you can see a ventilation hood behind a sail. The sail could be a bonnet (an extension to the lower edge of an existing sail), which is connected to the bowsprit which (as Snark readers know) got mixed with the rudder sometimes. Once the ship has been snarked in that manner, the helmsman (this office was usually undertaken by the Boots) used to stand by with tears in his eyes; he knew it was all wrong, but alas! In the image you also see the Beaver making lace in the bow. The bowsprit and the bonnet are positioned behind the animal. It seems that sometimes the maker of bonnets had to ferociously plan a novel arrangement of bows.
A maker of bonnets and hoods isn't necessarily a hatter, because bonnets and hoods aren't necessarily hats.
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Wallace, your bio gave me the idea that you might like some child's play.
