Comments on: The White Captive

By: BlackBear

BlackBear — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:32:28 +0000

If you want a true “moment” then you should see it in person. Carved into the base (not visible in the above picture) are the words “The Gift of Hamilton Fish” (he bequested it in 1894).

That’s some “gift”! I wonder how *I* get a “gift” like that…

By: Grand_Marquis

Grand_Marquis — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:58:05 +0000

@RC – If that’s the case, then I’d say you might want to think about finding a different female companion. :p

By: RC

RC — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:59:40 +0000

“Imminent harm” indeed! What a marvelous euphemism for the museum to use to deflect and sanitize this presentation of impending gang-rape and sexual torture of a lovely young woman to the sophisticated, art-loving public, impressionable young minds included!

If you are a guy viewing this along with your date, how should you react? Nod thoughtfully? Awkward silence? Pass by this one quickly, leaving your aroused lust unspoken?

Probably this last one is best. If a man lingers too long gazing at this one, the erection growing in one’s trousers would be embarrassing and awkward to explain to your female companion!

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:18:54 +0000

Reminds me of Hiram Powers' "Greek Slave", which was one of the most popular sculptures in Victorian America. (It's currently at the Corcoran Museum in Washington, DC, where a special room was built for it.) Elizabeth Browining even wrote a poem about it.