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Nathaniel Olds, Jeptha Homer Wade , 1837, Cleveland Museum of Art: American Painting and Sculpture

The green-tinted spectacles worn by Olds were designed to protect the eyes from the intensity of Argand lamps, a type of indoor light used during the early 1800s. These lamps burned whale oil, and many people worried that its bright flames might damage eyesight.The painter of this portrait founded the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1854 and soon became one of Cleveland’s wealthiest industrialists. His grandson, Jeptha Wade II, was a founder of the Cleveland Museum of Art and donated the land upon which it stands as a Christmas gift to the city in 1892. Size: Framed: 87 x 71.8 x 5.7 cm (34 ¼ x 28 ¼ x 2 ¼ in.); Unframed: 76.5 x 61.2 cm (30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.) Medium: oil on canvas

Sometimes the only person who can stitch yourself back together is… you

Puma, Tiger, Jaguar, Leopard, Bobcat, Lion, Sand cat, Pallas’s cat, Snow leopard, Panther

Big Cats

Thank-you drawing for the lovely @brokenlibrarygirl who helped me with this.

the lilac-breasted roller (coracias caudatus) is a large, brightly colored bird native to africa. they are extremely defensive of their young and will fight raptors and other much larger predators in their defense. both sexes share the same colorations, but males may be slightly larger than females. juveniles lack the longest tail feathers. these birds feed mainly on small prey, including insects, reptiles, and even smaller bird species.