Occasional trips were made to the attic by thelma for the purpose of gazing at the portrait of her real mother which had been relegated to the heap of rubbish and antiques.
Aging picture in the attic.
Photos in the attic.
Picture of do ri an gray the ˌpɪktʃər əv ˌdɔːriən ˈɡreɪ 1891 a novel by oscar wilde about a beautiful young man dorian gray who has a painting of himself that he keeps in the attic a room under the roof of his house.
Caleb on september 30 2013 at 11 56 am.
Dirt dust and oil are also big culprits of photographic deterioration.
Your right these pictures do help identify problems to look for.
And there are still so many other small leaks that are not easy to see except to an experienced eye.
Never heard of this saying before but it sounds like a reference to the picture of dorian gray who in short sells his soul so as to be able to live forever and to have a painting of himself.
Dorian gray s own face remains young and beautiful but the face in the painting looks older and more ugly as gray becomes more and more evil and immoral.
One evening after a birthday supper in thelma s.
Dorian gray actually in the case of dorian gray it s not a mirror image but a portrait.
It becomes so ugly and debased looking that dorian hides the portrait in the attic.
The picture of dorian gray is a gothic and philosophical novel by oscar wilde first published complete in the july 1890 issue of lippincott s monthly magazine.
Fearing the story was indecent prior to publication the magazine s editor deleted roughly five hundred words without wilde s knowledge.
But id like to play devils advocate in all likely hood this doll had a leather face and after being kept in a moist dry attic space the leather might have shrunken like that of a raison leaving the appearance of an old person.
Eventually the picture is discovered by someone who figures out why it shows handsome young looking dorian grey.
Photos in the attic is an australian movie project set during the great war.
Based on a discovery in the attic of a barn in vignacourt france it is a story about.