Day two at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. We didn’t cover everything on Day one so we went back and by mid-afternoon we were both shattered. I sat on a bench and asked Melvyn to pose while I drew him. He promptly fell asleep but I carried on drawing. Then a large museum guard with a GUN noticed him and stormed over. So I put on my VERY BEST British accent,
“Oh I’m SO sorry Officer, I asked my husband to sit for me while I drew him in my little sketchbook here and he dozed off. Silly old thing. IS it a problem?” [big cheesy smile].
He softened straight away.
“That’s OK Maaaaam, perhaps you could just raise him up a bit?” and off he went, smiling.
So I kicked Melvyn and warned him not to doss around in posh world-famous museums where the guards carry GUNS!
The Italian Renaissance painting in the background is a bonkers piece by Andrea Sacchi of Apollo crowning the noted Castrati, Marcantonio Pasqualini, with a very strange bit of bondage going on in the background.
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That’s brill Rose! You could have mentioned he’s getting on a bit and needs a regular nap!
hahaha he’s always napping lol
What a great experience and after admiring great art its nice to have a snooze on a chair! Top Drawing:)
hahaha thanks Rayya, he was quite embarrassed when I woke him up and told him – the place was packed but I think they were quite gentle on us because we were foreign lol
LOL! Fab excuse! Quick thinking too 🙂
hahaha it was a bit worrying at the time.