{"id":2388,"date":"2026-06-18T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp_stories\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:30:20","slug":"victorian-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2388","title":{"rendered":"The Ninth of November, 1888"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:15px;border-top-right-radius:15px;border-bottom-left-radius:15px;border-bottom-right-radius:15px\">&#8220;The Lord Mayor&#8217;s Show&#8221; Painting by William Logsdall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-top-left-radius:15px;border-top-right-radius:15px;border-bottom-left-radius:15px;border-bottom-right-radius:15px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">&#8220;<em>This picture shows the procession of Sir James Whitehead, Lord Mayor of London on the Ninth of November 1887. The artist &#8230; was impressed by the scene of pomp ceremony. <\/em><br><em>He &#8230; took on the task of painting the scene using models and friends to pose<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Factiods from the internet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Logsdall was given much assistance by the City of London.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Corporation Mace was made available to him.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The coachman and footmen went <em>in their liveries<\/em> to his studio in Primrose Hill to pose for him.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhibited in 1890 at the Royal Academy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logsdall took 2\u00bd years to paint this, at a cost of \u00a3500.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He refused an offer of \u00a3800 for it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhibited in America where it won a medal!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eventually sold to Sir James Whitehead, who promised to give it to the Guildhall but then decided to keep! \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>His son eventually did give it to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It now hangs at the Guildhall!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-width:2px\">First thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No Pieces Missing!!<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sad to say this did not feel like a very high quality puzzle. Unlike a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?page_id=1001\">Pomegranate puzzle<\/a> I would not go out of my way to get a Falcon Deluxe puzzle! The colors are muddy and &#8220;need better light&#8221;, even in very good light &#8230; sigh&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, the fact that no pieces are missing counts for a lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The colors in internet renderings of the painting are MUCH sharper than this puzzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-width:2px\">The puzzle review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My take on the puzzle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first thing I&#8217;m drawn to is the colors:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First the reds jump out at you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The gold also, but at first viewing the areas with gold are too busy to get a handle on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The white breeches, and the different degrees of white.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The horseman&#8217;s breeches are VERY white!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The staff guy&#8217;s pants are more of a cream.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also the black guy on the edge has a white outfit that has seen a lot of wear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first part of the puzzle I actually did was the middle third of the bottom half. \ud83d\ude42\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The big faces, the three guys in front, and the horseman then the carriages.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That took care of the red except for those two bits in the crowd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then I worked on the rest of the bottom half\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Picking out puzzle pieces with faces and trying to find that face in the picture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then the funnest part was the layer of black peppered with faces on both sides. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After that it&#8217;s just a matter of putting in the work to do:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> the flagstones on the bottom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the clouds on the top<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and the gray, shadow-y buildings in the middle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3766.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3766.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3766-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3766-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First things done<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3767.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3767.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3767-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3767-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Still a lot to go!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3769-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3769-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3769-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3769-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3769.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">That fellow in red by the lamppost!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3770-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3770-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3770-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3770-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3770.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Love the old dude between marchers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3774-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3774-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3774-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3774.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The breeches and shoes are next!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-width:2px\">Sunday was for filling in the gold coaches and the horses and starting the pavement.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can tell the artist really got into painting this.  There is the same expressive hand gesture like 4 different places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"2405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3792.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3792.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3792-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3792-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This guy is interesting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"2403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3790.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3790.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3790-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3790-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The last bits of red<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"2406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3794.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3794.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3794-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3794-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bottom middle done-ish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll bet Logsdall was exhausted at the end of a long day composing and placing all these little expressive faces!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3791.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3791.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3791-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3791-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">These faces are SO cool!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-width:2px\">Monday\/Tuesday\/Wednesday: finish the pavement and black areas:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"poor-pieces\">It was longer and harder than I thought it would be. This is where the puzzle piece similarity problem above was a real issue! If you&#8217;re doing faces or red and gold uniforms, the fact that two pieces are of a similar shape is not a problem because the patterns are so distinct. But now doing the wet pavement (or sky next week), 10-20 pieces look very similar. I spent a fair amount of time in the last three days looking for specific shapes that did NOT exist(!) because I had placed a piece next to it in error!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"2495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3794-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3794-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3794-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3794-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"2496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3797.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3797-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3797-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3798-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3798-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3798-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3798.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-width:2px\">Finished the fun part, now do the top<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week later, I have finished off the flagstones, so the bottom part of the puzzle is totally done!   All the working area is at the top, so I&#8217;ve rotated the puzzle! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a little disorienting at first, the shy is at the bottom, but it&#8217;s all shades of white clouds and shades of abstract gray building shapes. so it&#8217;s pretty easy to get past tje upside-downness.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three Days later&#8230; <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sky and buildings part is going really slowly&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m gonna shake it up a little bit and start working on the white part instead of the gray parts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3815-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3815-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3815-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3815-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3815-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3815-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sky is at the bottom!  It&#8217;s all white and shades of gray!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3816-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3816-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3816-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3816-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3816-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3816-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oddly, these gray triangle pieces are the first I found.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suddenly it gets easier!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ended up dividing the top 40% of the puzzle into three parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The side of the parade in shadow\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>left side of the painting, right when it&#8217;s upside down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>heavy on gray mixed with greens and yellows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The side of the parade in sunlight\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>right side of the painting, left when it&#8217;s upside down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>heavy on gray mixed with blues and whites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sky in the middle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3820-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3820-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3820-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3820-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3820-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3820-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3822-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3822-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3822-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3822-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3822-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3822-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?page_id=1001#poor-pieces\">Bad puzzle piece shapes<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was even more work and more mind bending than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1961\">Rivera puzzle<\/a> I just finished. The two puzzle were similar in that each had a bunch of little faces staring back at you, so you spend chunks of time examining each little face and placing them one by one. Way different from National Park scenery, or even most fine art paintings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Lord Mayor&#8217;s Show&#8221; Painting by William Logsdall &#8220;This picture shows the procession of Sir James Whitehead, Lord Mayor of London on the Ninth of November 1887. The artist &#8230; was impressed by the scene of pomp ceremony. 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