This may be nitpicking, but Charlotte Corday was around during the French Revolution in the early 1790s, and this is supposed to be set in 1878. Poetic license?
I don't think so, from a quick search it seems the longest owl life recorded is about 25-30 years. So I'm guessing it's more of a poetic license thing.
I don't think so, from a quick search it seems the longest owl life recorded is about 25-30 years. So I'm guessing it's more of a poetic license thing.
Done some more research and I think he may be referring to the Jacques-Louis David painting, painted in 1847 (more plausible for the owl to have seen). Although, it should be said that the painting depicts the knife stuck in Marat, not in Charlotte's hand.
Done some more research and I think he may be referring to the Jacques-Louis David painting, painted in 1847 (more plausible for the owl to have seen). Although, it should be said that the painting depicts the knife stuck in Marat, not in Charlotte's hand.
This is a running theme in this album; see Grist for the Malady Mill's reference to Casey Jones' train crash, which is anachronistic as well. I have yet to discern the purpose, but for me personally it makes the album more magic and less real, like a weird storybook.
This is a running theme in this album; see Grist for the Malady Mill's reference to Casey Jones' train crash, which is anachronistic as well. I have yet to discern the purpose, but for me personally it makes the album more magic and less real, like a weird storybook.
This may be nitpicking, but Charlotte Corday was around during the French Revolution in the early 1790s, and this is supposed to be set in 1878. Poetic license?
i think it might be implying that the owl has lived a long time?
i think it might be implying that the owl has lived a long time?
only explanation i can think of.
only explanation i can think of.
I don't think so, from a quick search it seems the longest owl life recorded is about 25-30 years. So I'm guessing it's more of a poetic license thing.
I don't think so, from a quick search it seems the longest owl life recorded is about 25-30 years. So I'm guessing it's more of a poetic license thing.
Done some more research and I think he may be referring to the Jacques-Louis David painting, painted in 1847 (more plausible for the owl to have seen). Although, it should be said that the painting depicts the knife stuck in Marat, not in Charlotte's hand.
Done some more research and I think he may be referring to the Jacques-Louis David painting, painted in 1847 (more plausible for the owl to have seen). Although, it should be said that the painting depicts the knife stuck in Marat, not in Charlotte's hand.
This is a running theme in this album; see Grist for the Malady Mill's reference to Casey Jones' train crash, which is anachronistic as well. I have yet to discern the purpose, but for me personally it makes the album more magic and less real, like a weird storybook.
This is a running theme in this album; see Grist for the Malady Mill's reference to Casey Jones' train crash, which is anachronistic as well. I have yet to discern the purpose, but for me personally it makes the album more magic and less real, like a weird storybook.