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Post by encompassingchaos on May 31, 2023 2:36:23 GMT -5
I think the lion is just the symbol of Africa. It's large mane is a good place to hide coordinates numbers and "liberty" in. Similar to other paintings. In Boston painting the woman was a witch to symbolize Boston. If you're not familiar with The Gold Bug, short story by Poe, it's about a treasure on Sullivan's Island. How the treasure was discovered is interesting. There was a "skull" hanging off a tree branch. So to pinpoint the spot they dropped a bug from one eye socket. It's a fun read. pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/gold.pdfI have wondered about The Gold Bug, and I feel that if Preiss would have wanted to honor the story he might have used something from it, but not the exact location of the story. I think the Fort Sumter pendant hanging from the branch is giving ode to Poe's short story by showing that when the location is found, one is going to drop and imaginary plumb bob from a branch and then pace out the needed steps just like how the treasure is found in the story. This too would mean that the verse is incorrect. I think the Grey Giant is a tree needed for this location if The Gold Bug was going to come into play. What do you think?
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Post by diceycat on May 31, 2023 7:04:51 GMT -5
The way I see it is think of Boston. JJP had the bird and the bubble for Boston Pops. This had no direct bearing on the casque location but only as a city confirmation. The same could apply to the Gold Bug and Charleston, just another confirmation. You could make a case for the line extending from the lions eye,( socket), to Fort Sumter is a clue for the Gold Bug ( follow the existing line of the string). By extending the other string it passes over the white point of the wing
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Post by choice on May 31, 2023 14:00:47 GMT -5
So why is the golden casque (helmet) below the other eye in the painting?
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Post by byrnietuney on May 31, 2023 15:30:04 GMT -5
Lot of good ideas at the top of this page.
Isn't there a helmet in the Vistors Centre across the road from Fort Moultrie?
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Post by choice on May 31, 2023 16:46:56 GMT -5
encompassingchaos I think the grey giant refers to the grey giant in the painting 12. If you look in the dark shadowy part of the painting, by her arm, you'll see a big "5" or V. Since that 5 is next to that arm then you found the arm. The lower part of that arm, her hand looks like lower Manhattan and the piers. Flower stem being the tunnel. "5" is up higher where UN building is. UN building also may be described as a grey giant. "Grey" is foreign (English) way of spelling gray. Island of Manhattan extends over (north of) the narrows. So I think V10 is the correct verse for NYC. As to The Gold Bug, you drop the bug through the eye socket THEN walk 50 feet away from the tree on the line formed by the trunk of the tree and the drop spot. If you study the image closely, the flower is a representation of palmetto palm. Look at it's shadow pointed by that hanging petal. At the end of that shadow line is a tattered flag. So your tree may be a flag pole. There's a hint to a flagpole in the Fort Sumter hanging ornament/clock/death’s-head.
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Post by diceycat on May 31, 2023 18:29:35 GMT -5
Let’s look closer at that mask. First off the painting is in 3 sections , foreground,( lady with wings), middle ground , ( the mask)and in the background ( the lion). The lion and the mask represents Africa since they are both painted in the same colour and overlap ( my opinion, and all theory). The mask is in the middle ground of the painting and represents the Africans coming to Charleston. African masks are usually ceremonial ( a big event ). Most of what you see on the mask is of Charleston. The arched eye brows could be for the door way/ gate way at #3 S Battery St. or the brick arches of #1 Church St. We’re these buildings once tied to the slave trade in someway ? You see 3 bars , ( tears), extending below ,(or south), on that one eye on the mask could represent the #3 S Battery address. Do those gates at #3 S Battery have key slots? My first thoughts on those eyes on the mask was that they were key / brass mail slots, different in appearance to the eyes on the Fort Sumter pic. If one extends the line down from the lion’s left eye, ( same as done to the right eye), then in crosses over that area of WPG that is depicted in the painting where I propose that the casque is buried. It not exact science and still all theory.
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Post by diceycat on Jun 1, 2023 7:08:29 GMT -5
If you study the image closely, the flower is a representation of palmetto palm. Look at it's shadow pointed by that hanging petal. At the end of that shadow line is a tattered flag. So your tree may be a flag pole. There's a hint to a flagpole in the Fort Sumter hanging ornament/clock/death’s-head. It may be a flag pole in a way. Why curve the “shadow”? I also see that the mortar gun is a 13 inch gun. That number 13 in the jewel might also be a reference to the mortar gun. This next pic might be a hopeful match
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