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alex_beecroft ([personal profile] alex_beecroft) wrote2009-06-26 11:59 am

Cover art hair tearing

Maybe it’s a case of ‘separated by a common language’ again, but how hard can it be to find a single decent picture of an Oxbridge young man in summer flannels (preferably lounging against a wall)?

I’m looking for something like this:

brideshead460

And I’ve tried Brideshead Revisited (as a sort of theme), Maurice (theme), EM Forster, Oxbridge punting, Oxbridge boating, 1930s style, flannel trousers, garden party, Ascot, Edwardian gentlemen, elegant men, themed weddings and even three men in a boat. And I’m getting pictures of gardens, ties, men in business suits and high tech yachts. Searching for ‘men in punts’ just gets me a do you mean ‘men in pants’?

So maybe I’m using the wrong terms. Anyone got any suggestions?

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[personal profile] commodorified 2009-06-26 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Third pic down on this page?

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[personal profile] commodorified 2009-06-26 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
This is not a gentleman, but it's v. pretty:

http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/120613/1/Two-Ladies-Punting-On-The-River.jpg

I found those using "punting" and then flipping through.

[personal profile] ex_gryphon136 2009-06-27 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries", "Gaudy Night" starring Edward Petherbridge & Harriet Walter.

The Beeb did the three "Peter & Harriet" stories from the Lord Peter Wimsey books in 2002. "Gaudy Night" is set in Oxford before WWII. It must have a young man lounging in flannels in it somewhere.

I tried to pop my copy in and find one to 'cap for you, but my DVD drive insists the disk I just put in there isn't there. (stupid machine!)
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Re: Cover art hair tearing

[personal profile] piranha 2009-06-27 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
you need to find an image which you can license? or as a reference for a cover painting? or?