Love this? Subscribe to Lapham's Quarterly today.
More Art
- Royal Family Princess Margaret and the earl of Snowdon with their children Sarah and David, 1966. Photograph by Cecil Beaton. © Linley Sambourne House, London/The Bridgeman Library International
- The Family Circus The Acrobat Family, by Pablo Picasso, 1905. © The Goteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library International
- Mother and Child "The Three Ages of Woman," by Gustav Klimt, 1905. Copyright Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome/Alinari/The Bridgeman Art Library International
- Published In
-
Intoxication
That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute
people, when they want to ascertain a man’s true character, make him drunk.
—Martin Luther, 1569
- New Subscription
- Gift Subscription
- Box Sets
- Back Issues
- LQ Store
- Renew Subscription
- Customer Service
- Blogs
-
- Déjà Vu Is history repeating itself? The Déjà Vu blog investigates... In Defense — In 2013, the House of Lords challenges same-sex marriage, while Oscar Wilde’s 1895 trial puts his love life on the stand. Intercepted! — A Russian cat smuggling cell-phones to prisoners is caught; in 1885, the heroes of a Jules Verne adventure ponder the fate of a carrier pigeon. Potent Potables — New Jersey bars are caught selling doctored liquor; an 18th century barman says liquor is the best medicine.
- Roundtable Insight and analysis from renowned writers and thinkers. A Faithful Hound — A thirteenth-century town in France worshiped a greyhound as a saint, but the loyal dog was just one in a line of venerated pets. Fine-Feathered Friends — The plume craze of the late-nineteenth century made Manhattan one of the most diverse territories for bird-watching—on the hats of fashionable ladies. They Called Him Sergeant Stubby — A decorated WWI veteran, Sgt. Stubby became the military’s most famous (and beloved) canine member.
