emilysa!
portrait of emily dickinson
and a newly discovered poem!
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Scroll down to see AMAZING images of a great lost (recently discovered) Masterpiece of 19th century American Art!
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The Autobiography of Emily Dickinson
Some of the images shown below are marked in some weak attempt at protection from copyright infringement, but the identity of the sitter is too entirely obvious to miss.
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This Priceless Masterwork is For Sale!
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Pertinent info:
- Oil on canvas Painting
- Size 24x28 inches, NOT including frame
- very lightweight (possibly original) wood frame
- Artist: William Henry Machen
- Date: 1854
- Sitter: Emily Dickinson
Helpful to notice:
- Emily was right handed, which is why I believe the photos shown below are in their correct orientation.
- The hairstyle, dress style, ribbon collar, dimple, seating position, hand, and the well used pen tucked into her waistband like a sword, are all a perfect match.
- The pen she holds in her right hand looks very clean, and might be an artist's prop.
- Her face is somewhat stylized, as was the custom of the day. This is the ONLY reason I can imagine why nobody has recognized Emily Dickinson for more than 100 years! In any case, the artist painted a smile in her eyes resembling Mona Lisa.
Apart from being visually obvious, the identity of the sitter is verified in the following message from an art specialist at Christies:
Your painting of Emily Dickinson, although beautiful, is not one Christie’s will consider as a suitable consignment – mostly due to the lack of transaction with this artist’s work within our auction history.
In other words, Christies focuses on artists more famous that William Henry Machen.
My best guess is that the world's Top art dealers are letting AI Bots do their thinking for them.
In any case, also shown below are some Emily Dickinson-inspired poems I wrote, along with some of Emily's poems. Emily's poems are infinitely superior to mine, but who could hold a candle to her anyway?
Those who are familiar with Emily Dickinson and her life will (I hope) enjoy the poems, not to mention the Masterpiece!
Additional close up images are available on request for SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY!
Above: Portrait of Emily Dickinson at age 23 in 1854.
Artist: William Henry Machen
Love Song to a masterpiece
by Judee Shipman
I am terrified to lose you!
Your heart lives on my sleeve —
Your soul inhabits every field and flower
from the newest grass appearing
to the falling Autumn leaves —
and yet, I cannot keep you but an hour.
Your face I think I recognize — She lives in a museum
but she could never possibly be you
If only I could tear my eyes away from yours a moment
Perhaps I might unearth some hidden clue.
Your hair — a Swirl of Auburn.
That dimple on your chin.
Your smiling eyes — a girl you cannot be.
Your gown — a Flood of Morning Glories.
Your Sword — A Mighty Pen —
Emilysa!!!
You Belong to Me!
The images shown above are arranged chronologically from left to right:
1847 (age 16); 1854 (age 23); 1860 (age 29)
the morns are meeker than they were
by Emily Dickinson
The morns are meeker than they were -
The nuts are getting brown -
The berry’s cheek is plumper -
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf -
The field a scarlet gown -
Lest I sh'd be old-fashioned
I’ll put a trinket on.
tripping with emily
by Judee Shipman
What fascinated you the most? What thrilled you even more
than sitting for the artist, Mr. Machen,
who immortalized your image back in 1854?
Could you know you’d be a Hero of the Nation?
Crazy Horse was still a boy — Victoria was Queen —
Scutari had The Lady With The Lamp —
You were young, yet published in a glossy magazine
as Harriet led slaves across a swamp —
You traveled with your kin that spring to Washington DC
Your father was a minor politician —
You wore your most expensive dress into the Gallery
for the Portrait that your father had commissioned.
How innocent you must have been! A kinder, cleaner day
before the Civil War had yet begun —
How downright self-assuredly you look the artist’s way!
How thoughtfully you put a Trinket on.
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Above: This painting of Emily Dickinson is clearly signed and dated "Machen 1854." Emily Dickinson is known to have taken a trip with her family to Philadelphia and Washington DC around that time.
William Henry Machen (1832-1911) was a prominent Dutch artist of the day. He settled in Ohio, but worked his craft in Philadelphia and Washington DC. His versatile career spanned from 1852 into the early 1900s.
the bustle in a house
by Emily Dickinson
The bustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth, -
The sweeping up the heart,
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.
death, american style
by Judee Shipman
When Edgar Allan penned The Raven
She was but a barefoot maiden
Cloistered in her herbal haven
Pressing petals to a page.
Solid was her education.
Prominent, her social station.
Sparkling Imagination
for a Girl her tender age!
Emily had read the story —
Reveled in its rhyming glory.
Of the speaker, was she sorry
for the loneliness he bore?
Charming was her glib affection.
Literary, her direction.
Could she miss the sweet perfection
of the lovely, lost Lenore?
How — this — could she ignore?
Death was still — to her — a stranger.
She was kept — and safe — from danger.
Later on, the game would change
when Death came knocking down her door.
Little did she know — if any
she was his contemporary!
Yankee poets, growing weary, ’til they reached eternal shores.
Yankee poets, growing weary, ’til they reached eternal shores.
Parallel
Forevermore
*******
Above: Close up view of the pen Emily used. If you look carefully, you can even see little spots of ink on her dress.
portraits are...
by Emily Dickinson
Portraits are to daily faces
As an Evening West,
To a fine, pedantic sunshine —
In a satin Vest!
******
i know a painted lady
by Judee Shipman
I know a Painted Lady
Whom I could fast compare
to those 7 painted ladies on that San Francisco Square.
All of them American —
All of them know Fame —
Each of them spectacularly set within her Frame!
Greens and blues and lavenders
Trimmed tastefully with gilt
Evoke a sweeter time when men took pride in what they built.
Boldly Bright and Beautiful!
Chromatically bedecked!
That which would protect Us — We also should protect.
Historically iconic
Masterpieces — All!
But only SHE looks back at Me, and decorates my wall.
Do you look a little — different?
Is your face a little — odd?
Sweet Darling!
That is Only your Victorian façade!
*********
rearrange a "wife's" affection
by Emily Dickinson
Rearrange a "Wife's" affection!
When they dislocate my Brain!
Amputate my freckled Bosom!
Make me bearded like a man!
Blush, my spirit, in thy Fastness —
Blush, my unacknowledged clay —
Seven years of troth have taught thee
More than Wifehood every may!
Love that never leaped its socket —
Trust entrenched in narrow pain —
Constancy thro' fire — awarded —
Anguish — bare of anodyne!
Burden — borne so far triumphant —
None suspect me of the crown,
For I wear the "Thorns" till Sunset —
Then — my Diadem put on.
Big my Secret but it's bandaged —
It will never get away
Till the Day its Weary Keeper
Leads it through the Grave to thee.
brother emily
by Judee Shipman
Your story leaked on looking underneath the battered bandage
Inside versus Outside disconnect —
Yet, anything that God has made can turn to our Advantage
Regardless which Creation is “correct.”
Attitude is everything we need to keep on living
Some Rise to the Occasion; others cower —
Depending on Perspective from a private Point of Viewing
some are lost, while some Embrace the Power.
The World knows why you stayed inside the Evergreens forever
averting publication like a cold.
Your sister and your brother sold your secret — to his lover —
Suffer not. Your story should be told.
Plain today for me to say in New Year 2020
though not so much in 1891
Either way, the Media will misinform the Many —
Regardless of the Rain, we Carry On.
Above: Clearly, the painting has been protected from damage, which helps explain the magnificent condition of this exquisite American Masterpiece.
related links
AESOP'S RHYMES - A collection of Aesop's Fables reworked into original rhyming verse, by this author.
MORE AESOP'S RHYMES by this author
Works By Other Poets:
SHORT SWEET LOVE POEMS
VALENTINE POEMS
FRIENDSHIP POEMS
FUNNY POEMS Who doesn't enjoy a touch of humor here and there? And while you're at it, why not make it rhyme?
SPANISH POEM (with translation) This page contains a rhymed verse composed in Spanish, with an English translation.
Zodiac Poems
AQUARIUS POETRY
ARIES POETRY
CAPRICORN POETRY
GEMINI POETRY
LIBRA POETRY
PISCES POETRY
VIRGO POETRY
POETRY FROM (almost) EVERY US STATE
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