"purple dress with hand on hip; to the right sits Clark in green jumper and trousers, lounging on a modern metal-framed chair with his bare feet in the thick pile of a rug and a cigarette in his left hand, and with a white cat on his lap. Both Birtwell and Clark are looking out at the viewer, drawing them as a third person into the composition. The cat rebels by ignoring the viewer, looking out of the window instead. The room is relatively bare and uncluttered, in simple 1960s minimalist style, with a telephone and a lamp on the"
"symbol of fidelity) in the ""Arnolfini Portrait"". In this case, Clark continued to have affairs with men and women, which contributed to the breakdown of the marriage in 1974: Hockney's depiction of the couple together but separated foreshadows their divorce. The informal interior scene littered with symbolic objects echoes Victorian paintings, such as Ford Madox Brown's ""The Awakening Conscience"". Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is a painting by the British artist David Hockney. Painted between 1970 and 1971, it depicts the fashion designer Ossie Clark and the textile designer Celia Birtwell in their"
"revelation, able to turn initial ideas into formers almost instantaneously. On 6 August 1996, 54-year-old Ossie Clark was stabbed to death in his council flat, in Kensington and Chelsea, London, by his former lover, 28-year-old Italian Diego Cogolato. In March 1997, Cogolato was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, and jailed for six years. Ossie Clark is featured in David Hockney's 1970 painting ""Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy"". It now hangs in the Tate Britain gallery on Millbank and is one of the most visited paintings in Britain. He also appears prominently in the 1974 Hockney"
"Blackjack is unfailingly loyal to Percy, and on several occasions manages to save Percy's life. Blackjack always calls Percy ""boss"" and is quite fond of sugar cubes and doughnuts. Blackjack has two friends named Porkpie and Guido, both white pegasi, who sometimes accompany him. All three are intelligent beings capable of interacting with other demigods independent of their horse-to-human translator, Percy. Percy's second magical companion is Mrs. O'Leary, who is introduced in the fourth novel, ""Battle of the Labyrinth"". She is a hellhound that he receives from Daedalus (whom Percy meets as a sword master named Quintus) before the inventor"
"TV's ""Flog It!"". Percy Shakespeare Percy Shakespeare (born 28 February 1906 in Dudley, England; died 25 May 1943 in Brighton, England) was an English painter. He was a celebrated artist, but died in an air raid during the Second World War. Shakespeare was born in 1906 in the slums of the Kates Hill area of Dudley, the fourth of eight children of John Thomas Shakespeare and his wife Ada. His family subsequently moved to council housing in the nearby Wren's Nest Estate area. In 1920, after a chance meeting at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery with Ivo Shaw, the"
"is really Sir Percy Blakeney in disguise, risks his life to rescue French noblemen from the guillotine and take them across the English Channel to safety. As cover, Sir Percy poses as a fop at Court, and curries favour with the Prince of Wales (Jack Hawkins) by providing advice about fashion, but secretly he leads The League, a group of noblemen with similar views. Chauvelin, French Ambassador of the Revolution to England (Cyril Cusack) wants to find out who the Pimpernel is and bring him in to meet his fate under French justice. When evidence points to Sir Percy, Chauvelin"
"Albert (born 1969) and George (born 1971), but their private relationship deteriorated and they divorced in 1974. She has been a muse for the painter David Hockney since 1968, and features in many of his paintings including ""Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy"" (1970–71), one of Hockney's most celebrated and one of the most viewed paintings in the Tate Britain gallery. In 2005, it featured on the ""Today"" programme's shortlist of the ""Greatest Painting in Britain"". She also appears in the 1974 Hockney biopic, ""A Bigger Splash"". After the break-up of her marriage, Birtwell continued in fashion, designing for the"
"England in 1992 shortly after his 70th birthday. Raymond Hitchcock (author) Raymond John Hitchcock (9 February 1922 – 23 February 1992) was an English novelist, screenwriter, and cartoonist, He is best remembered for his novel ""Percy"", which was the basis for a 1971 film of the same name. Several of his earlier books were light-hearted sexual farces; his later titles included several thrillers. He was the father of English musician Robyn Hitchcock. His daughter Fleur is a children's author. Hitchcock was born in Calcutta, India in 1922 to English parents. At age 22, one of his legs was wounded during"
"Percy Shakespeare Percy Shakespeare (born 28 February 1906 in Dudley, England; died 25 May 1943 in Brighton, England) was an English painter. He was a celebrated artist, but died in an air raid during the Second World War. Shakespeare was born in 1906 in the slums of the Kates Hill area of Dudley, the fourth of eight children of John Thomas Shakespeare and his wife Ada. His family subsequently moved to council housing in the nearby Wren's Nest Estate area. In 1920, after a chance meeting at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery with Ivo Shaw, the principal of Dudley"
"First there is King Henry himself and his immediate council. He is the engine of the play, but usually in the background. Next there is the group of rebels, energetically embodied in Henry Percy (""Hotspur"") and including his father, the Earl of Northumberland and led by his uncle Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester. The Scottish Earl of Douglas, Edmund Mortimer and the Welshman Owen Glendower also join. Finally, at the centre of the play are the young Prince Hal and his companions Falstaff, Poins, Bardolph, and Peto. Streetwise and pound-foolish, these rogues manage to paint over this grim history in"
"Clark (""Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy"", 1970–71), curator Henry Geldzahler, art dealer Nicholas Wilder, George Lawson and his ballet dancer lover, Wayne Sleep, and also his romantic interests throughout the years including Peter Schlesinger and Gregory Evans. Perhaps more than all of these, Hockney has turned to his own figure year after year, creating over 300 self-portraits. From 1999 to 2001 Hockney used a camera lucida for his research into art history as well as his own work in the studio. He created over 200 drawings of friends, family, and himself using this antique lens-based device. In 2016, the"
"Collector"" in 1964, and the swimming pool became a recurring theme in his paintings, such as ""Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool"" (1966, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool) and most notably ""A Bigger Splash"" (1967, Tate Gallery). He painted a series of double portraits from 1968 to 1977, including ""American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman)"" (1968, Art Institute of Chicago), and ""Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy"" (1971, Tate Gallery). This work brings together two of Hockney's themes from his paintings of the late 1960s and early 1970s: the swimming pool, and the double portrait. It depicts a male figure in"
"Raymond Hitchcock (author) Raymond John Hitchcock (9 February 1922 – 23 February 1992) was an English novelist, screenwriter, and cartoonist, He is best remembered for his novel ""Percy"", which was the basis for a 1971 film of the same name. Several of his earlier books were light-hearted sexual farces; his later titles included several thrillers. He was the father of English musician Robyn Hitchcock. His daughter Fleur is a children's author. Hitchcock was born in Calcutta, India in 1922 to English parents. At age 22, one of his legs was wounded during the Allied forces invasion of Normandy, giving him"
"Ashmolean Museum. His work is held in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, Tate,Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, and the Arts Council. Percy Horton Percy Frederick Horton MA, RBA, ARCA (8 March 1897 in Brighton, England – 1970) was an English painter and art teacher, and Ruskin Master of Drawing, University of Oxford from 1949 to 1964. During the First World War he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector. Horton was one of three brothers born into a working-class family in Brighton; his father, Percy Horton, was a bus conductor and his mother, Ellen (née Marman), had worked in service"
"Lord Henry Percy General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy, (22 August 1817 – 3 December 1877) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Outside his military career he was briefly a Conservative Member of Parliament. The Hon. Henry Percy, fourth child and third son of George Percy, Lord Lovaine (later 2nd Earl of Beverley) by Louisa Harcourt Stuart-Wortley, third daughter of The Hon. James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, was born at Burwood House, Cobham, Surrey, on 22 Aug."
"Herbert Sidney Percy Herbert Sidney Percy (18 February 1863 - 8 October 1932) was a member of the Williams family of painters who painted mainly portraits, but also produced some fine landscapes of the English countryside. Percy was the youngest son of the popular Victorian landscape painter Sidney Richard Percy and Emily Fairlam, his father being a member of the Williams family of painters. He married Maud Thompson, who was the sister of the well-known Shakespearean actress Constance Crawley. His sister Amy Dora Percy became a novelist under the pen name of Mrs. Fred Reynolds. Percy entered the Royal Academy"
"Sidney Richard Percy Sidney Richard Percy (22 March 1822 – 13 April 1886) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters. Sidney Richard Percy was born Sidney Richard Percy Williams on 22 March 1822 in London. He was the fifth son of the painter Edward Williams (1781–1855) and Ann Hildebrandt (c.1780-1851), and a member of the Williams family of painters, who were related to such famous artists as James Ward, R.A. and George Morland. His father was a well-known landscape artist, who taught him how to paint; otherwise he received"
"leader Maximilien Robespierre wishes to question him further. The countess and her daughter are rescued and spirited away to England. Back in Paris, Robespierre meets with Chauvelin, the republic's new ambassador to Britain, to discuss the problem of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Summoning the Count de Tournay, they offer him his life in return for information from his English contacts as to the Pimpernel's true identity. The Scarlet Pimpernel is Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English baronet and friend of the Prince of Wales. Sir Percy cultivates the image of a fop in order to throw off suspicion. His pose is"
"Percy Horton Percy Frederick Horton MA, RBA, ARCA (8 March 1897 in Brighton, England – 1970) was an English painter and art teacher, and Ruskin Master of Drawing, University of Oxford from 1949 to 1964. During the First World War he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector. Horton was one of three brothers born into a working-class family in Brighton; his father, Percy Horton, was a bus conductor and his mother, Ellen (née Marman), had worked in service and as a nurse. His younger brother was artist Ronald Horton (1902–1981). Horton's parents provided for music lessons where he chose to"
"is named Percy Craye in the English version and Douglas or ""Duggie"" Craye in the American version. Another difference is that, in the British version, the elder Craye has the title ""Lord Worplesdon"" and Edwin is ""Lord Weeting"", while in the American version, the family lives near Philadelphia and is not part of the British peerage. The American version of the story, ""Disentangling Old Duggie"", was illustrated by Wallace Morgan in ""Collier's"". The British version, ""Disentangling Old Percy"", was illustrated by Alfred Leete in the ""Strand"". This version with Leete's illustrations was reprinted in the UK in the periodical ""Newnes"
"Part 1"" as a rebel leader. Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, KG (1343 – 23 July 1403) was an English medieval nobleman best known for leading the rebellion with his nephew Henry Percy, known as 'Harry Hotspur', and his elder brother, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. He was the younger son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and Mary, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, who descended from Henry III of England. Worcester fought against England's traditional enemy France in the Hundred Years' War, and then served in various important"
"harness. Just after finding the ring, Percy is attacked by the jackdaw and falls off the tower, causing Sampson and the mice (who are holding the other end of the stole) to be pulled off with him. They land safely after becoming caught on a statue in the churchyard. Bowled over by 'a person who'd risk his life for a diamond ring', Polly's mother gladly gives him a home, to the great delight of the mice. The Church Mice and the Ring The Church Mice and the Ring is a children's picture book by Graham Oakley. It is the eleventh"
"a strong resemblance to C. Reginald Dalby, which Brian Sibley has suggested might be a dig at Dalby's inaccurate rendition of the character of Duck. A vicar appears in ""Edward the Blue Engine"" and other volumes as the owner of Trevor the Traction Engine. This may be a reference to Teddy Boston, who had himself saved a traction engine from scrap. Reginald Dalby illustrated the entire Awdry family – Wilbert, Margaret, Christopher, Veronica and Hilary – watching Percy pass through a station (""Percy runs away"" in ""Troublesome Engines"" (p53)). Otherwise, Christopher Awdry never appeared in the books, but would often"
"David Hockney David Hockney, (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Hockney has owned a home and studio in Bridlington and London, and two residences in California, where he has lived on and off since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu, and an office and archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Hockney's 1972 work ""Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two"
"whom Sir Percy has met and is attempting to rescue. His followers, such as Lord Tony Dewhurst, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, Lord Hastings, and Armand St. Just (Marguerite's brother), also take their turn in major roles. In addition to the direct sequels about Sir Percy and his league, Orczy's related books include ""The Laughing Cavalier"" (1914) and ""The First Sir Percy"" (1921), about an ancestor of the Pimpernel's; ""Pimpernel and Rosemary"" (1924), about a descendant; and ""The Scarlet Pimpernel Looks at the World"" (1933), a depiction of the 1930s world from the point of view of Sir Percy. Some of her"
"Mr. Darcy Fitzwilliam Darcy, generally referred to as Mr. Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's novel ""Pride and Prejudice"". He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist. The story's narration is almost exclusively from Elizabeth's perspective; the reader is given a one-sided view of Darcy for much of the novel, but hints are given throughout that there is much more to his good character than meets the eye. The reader gets a healthy dose of dramatic irony as Elizabeth continually censures (with some prejudice)"
"Percy Dovetonsils Percy Dovetonsils is a fictional character created and played by television comedian Ernie Kovacs. It is probably the best remembered of Kovacs' many TV incarnations. Percy was always introduced with a sweeping flourish of harp music as a ""poet laureate"" who appeared onscreen as a bizarrely effeminate ""artiste"" with weirdly slicked hair (including two carefully placed spit-curls on his forehead) and extraordinarily thick eyeglasses that appeared to have eyes painted on the backsides of the lenses. He would appear seated in a chair wearing a zebra-patterned smoking jacket, and reading from an oversize book lying open in his"
"Percy Lindsay Percival (Percy) Charles Lindsay (17 September 1870 – 21 September 1952) was an Australian landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist, born in Creswick, Victoria. Percy was the first child born to Jane Lindsay (née Williams) and Dr Robert Charles Lindsay. His siblings included the well-known artists: Sir Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay, Ruby Lindsay and Sir Daryl Lindsay. Percy first began painting while at school and further developed his skills during the late 1880s. Tuition from Fred Sheldon and Walter Withers saw him develop his painting skills to a professional level. Lindsay moved to Melbourne in the 1890s and worked"
"or commissions. Many of these watercolor ""potboilers"" were done in the field, and then brought back to the studio to refer to when executing a more formal oil on canvas. Sidney Richard Percy was extremely popular during the early part of his career, which for a short time brought him a fair amount of income. Among his patrons during this time was Prince Albert the Royal consort who in 1854 gave Percy's landscape of ""A view of Llyn Dulyn, North Wales,"" which had just been exhibited at the Royal Academy, as a gift to his wife Queen Victoria. This painting"
"had been murdered on the orders of Winston Churchill, then a rising politician, and that Percy had been the lover of Clementine Hozier, whom Churchill married in 1908. Churchill's mild-mannered brother Jack was whispered to have been the unlikely perpetrator of this act. Percy was unmarried and his younger brother Alan succeeded their father in the dukedom. Henry Percy, Earl Percy Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy (21 January 1871 – 30 December 1909), styled Lord Warkworth until 1899, was a British Conservative politician. He held political office under Arthur Balfour as Under-Secretary of State for India and Under-Secretary of"
"poncy English accent); the briefcase conveys a communication from Gato Primo to investigate some (usually disgusting) feature of canine life, invariably concluding with a """"-like warning from Gato that ""[This briefcase will self-destruct..."" and 22's subsequent resulting injury. Thereupon, 22 is seen in ""disguise"" (a brown beanie with doggie ears), attempting to gain information from his moronic canine friend, Guthrie (David Markus) (and, on occasion, the brutal bulldog, Percy); invariably, complications follow, involving comic injury and humiliation, which are generally only heightened by Gato's attempts to extract him from the situation. Typically, Andrew generally reappears at the end of the"
"husband's work until her death in 2008. When found, the tape was mislabeled as film and had no music background; it was only audio of Kovacs as Percy reading his poetry. Percy Dovetonsils Percy Dovetonsils is a fictional character created and played by television comedian Ernie Kovacs. It is probably the best remembered of Kovacs' many TV incarnations. Percy was always introduced with a sweeping flourish of harp music as a ""poet laureate"" who appeared onscreen as a bizarrely effeminate ""artiste"" with weirdly slicked hair (including two carefully placed spit-curls on his forehead) and extraordinarily thick eyeglasses that appeared to"
"identity of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Under Percy's strict orders, Marguerite is told nothing of this. Over the next five weeks, the League rescues many potential victims of the guillotine in Paris (""The Rescue""). The furious Robespierre orders Chauvelin to discover the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel with the help of a Belgian spy named Grappin (Percy in disguise). Frustrated, Chauvelin vows to succeed (""Falcon in the Dive""). Back in England, Marie, Marguerite's old costume designer and best friend, has come to the Blakeney estate and is painting Percy's portrait. The Blakeneys' maids gossip about the Scarlet Pimpernel"