Question | Why Giant Skulls? The Repeal or the Funeral of Miss Americ-Stamp, 1765-66

Wonder what the dates on the skulls allude to. Also, those skulls are massive.

When we consider the cause, this image is just utterly ridiculous. It’s like a kindergarten procession burying a grasshopper. But those are adults.

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Wonder what the dates on the skulls allude to.

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LOL. Been thinking the same. Even looked up the dates for this:

• Thirty Years' War

I'm reminded of this 1533 painting:

• The Ambassadors (Holbein)

Age of discovery techniques on display, along with a haunting skull (foreground). Is this the old world they stomped out, hoping to never see it again?

Wow, I’d never seen this piece, it probably needs its own thread. Here’s info about holbein supposedly created it, and yet, in order to “unfold” the skull, modern day scientists needed computers:

• Holbein’s Anamorphic Skull

Next, we squeeze the x-axis (by a factor 1/2.74), stretch the y-axis (by a factor 2.74) and clip:


Finally, we rotate the image counter-clockwise to get the following:


Now the intention of the artist is clear: an undistorted image of a skull is seen from the correct vantage-point.



R: Its medium is “Oil and tempura on oak”, which makes me even more suspicious. How could anyone possibly execute computer imaging levels of exactness to create this image, on the irregular grains of the oak surface? Speaking as an artist: I don’t think so.

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Wonder what the dates on the skulls allude to. Also, those skulls are massive.

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The dates refer to the two Jacobite rebellions in Scotland, where certain factions wanted to bring back the Stuart line. I don't know what it has to do with the 1765 stamp act.

Not to derail...

The entire Stolen History operation has allowed me to rethink the academic discourse (albeit itself marginal) about this painting, which emphasizes the "placement of death" in the midst of egotistical portraiture. While I still think it is interesting and revealing so far as it goes, we have so much evidence for giants being systemically eliminated from consideration of the past.

By the way, I ran into a Blackfoot, who told me his ancestors told many stories about giants who hid out in the mountains of Northern, Montana - late 19th century. The Blackfeet thought them cannibals and sinister.

Sofia said:

The dates refer to the two Jacobite rebellions in Scotland, where certain factions wanted to bring back the Stuart line. I don't know what it has to do with the 1765 stamp act.

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Tried to find anything (paintings, woodcuts, texts) giant related within these Jacobite rebellions, but with no luck. At the same time, as long as "Their Highnesses" were involved, things are not exactly hopeless, imho.

Flags also have numbers on them.

The Repeal, or The Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp - Graphic Arts
Quote: Next follow two eminent Pillars of the Law, supporting two black flags, on which are delineated the Stamps with the White Rose and Thistle interwoved, an expressive design, supposed to have been originally contrived on the 10 of June. The significative motto Semper Eadem is preserved, but the Price of the Stamp is changed to three farthings, an important sum taken from the Budget. The numbers 122 and 71 declare the minority which fought under these Banners.

The thistle and the white rose (Rosa alba) represented the Jacobites. Perhaps the size of the skulls represeneted the size of the threat to the British "establishment" PTB.

I wondered what the Jacobite cause had to do with the Stamp Act. The link I found is William Augustis, Duke of Cumberland, who was the uncle of George III of Britian.

The Duke of Cumberand was despatched to deal with the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion and this culminated in the great defeat at the battle of Culloden in 1746. The aftermath of Culloden was basically a purge of anything Jacobite. This included the wearing of plaids, the speaking of Gaelic, and carrying of arms by the Highlanders and sympathizers. Many people were forced from their homes and whole tracts of land were cleared. These were The Clearances”, and many people emigrated to the United States. However, the extirpation of the Gaelic language and cultural traditions of the north began during the reign of James VI, as well as the introduction of Protestant ministers.

Cumberland’s other claim to fame was the creation of the first “Rockingham Ministry” of 1765, with repealed the Stamp Act.

Throughout the Stuart dynasty of four kings (James I, Charles I, Charles II and James II) we had the rise of power of Parliament and the creation of the central bank, Bank of England in 1694.
The English Civil War started during the reign of Charles I and eventually led to his execution by beheading. OLiver Cromwell, who led the war, is said to have been financed by banking interests in Amsterdam.
After the war, when Charles II became king, he granted "the East India Company the rights to autonomous government of its territorial acquisitions, to mint money, to command fortresses and troops, to form alliances, to make war and peace, and to exercise both civil and criminal jurisdiction over its possessions in the Indies"

A great deal of machinations were going on and it seems all the Stuart kings were opposed to the creation of a central bank. Finally, James II, the last ruling Stuart king, was deposed, to make way for William of Orange, from Holland (who was married t one of the daughters of James II.

It's such a large subject.. I don't think they were of remarkable physical size, but the Jacobite threat to the emerging "Establishment" was an issue that had to be vanquished.

Symbols & Gematria Kabbalah prime numbers always tell the truth. Adept “UberMensch” use their Kryptonite to decipher Hermetic Alchemic codes & meanings. Metaphors, allegories, animal spirits, mythos, legends,
folklore, superstitions. Nescience opens the doors of perception between your Temples to learning & understanding deeper esoteric rooted meanings. Like the Tree of Knowledge metaphor all roots meet & connect underground. Schools are for fish in a Mason’s jar.

Who knows, may be this hat was a great fit for the OP skulls.