Maria Scott

Thanks -- just to be clear in the framing, it's only the second photo that I found, the other was discovered and identified as Duval by someone else, as discussed in the article. Also, I'm not the first to try to validate the first one -- maybe the fourth or fifth!

The first two points of this six-point journey are fully credited to Brennan in this article, and I trust that she, and others cited by me in this piece, will feel that I have referenced their work fairly and respectfully, and according to all of the established norms of academic research.

I was, finally, able to confirm strong links between this second card photograph and Manet's portrait entitled Baudelaire's Mistress (1862), thereby confirming in my own mind both that the two photos are of Duval and, reciprocally, that the Manet portrait is of Duval.

I also found a second photograph, taken on the same day (right, above), which I was able to confirm is of the same woman as the first, despite their apparent dissimilarity.

There, I stumbled on surprising evidence that the link to the Manet painting, noticed by Brennan, may well have been a motivated one, rather than a fashion-related coincidence, and part of a network of allusions to Duval and other hidden figures in this famous painting.

It was published on Wikipedia in April 2025, where I first saw it. In her Substack, Brennan established the link to Duval and also made a key link to Manet's Music in the Tuileries (1862) painting. Fascinated by the photograph, I trawled the Nadar archive to try to confirm its 1862 date.

I'm very proud to have written this article about two newly identified photographs, or card portraits, of Baudelaire's long-term mistress, Jeanne Duval. The first (left, below) was discovered by American writer Summer Brennan, and published on her brilliant Substack A Writer's Notebook in 2021.

I have never considered open citation and transparent, ethical attribution of ideas to be theft, and I don't think many people would.

This is a completely false accusation. I would be glad if you could remove it please. I did encourage you to publish your discovery, and I still do. It's been published by someone else on Wikipedia, so it is not a secret. I credit you openly. I have other insights to add to yours.

I don't understand -- surely a Substack should be referenced if research discoveries are published there? How else can they be referenced? Your discovery has been discussed in an academic publication by at least one other scholar already. It is out there, and you are being credited for it.

I am so sorry, but I promise there is no stealing here: I credit your amazing discovery openly and honestly.

I sent it in September. I absolutely respect your published work, and credit it openly in mine. There is no stealing here, just normal scholarly practice.

No -- all credit is yours. I make other arguments, in my pieces, and come up with other readings, but I very much credit your wonderful discovery. I promise there is no stealing here.

I also wrote several times to your Substack email address and put a comment on one of your recent Substack posts, to ask you how best to contact you. I have credited you openly, and go on to produce my own readings and further discoveries. Please delete your claims that I have stolen your research.

@summerbrennan.bsky.social I have credited you openly and fully in the pieces I am publishing. This is not stealing. It is how scholarship works. I have also tried to contact you many times. Your discovery was published by you and has been credited to you by others, as by me. Nothing untoward.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyAlex · 6h Police are "overwhelmed by the numbers" @SkyNews says. Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride. They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs. Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar · 2h @grok is this true Grok  @grok The claims use approximate figures, but let's check estimates: - Today's "Unite the Kingdom" rally: Police say ~110k attendees, with clashes & 25 arrests (Sky News, Al Jazeera). - Pro-Gaza rallies: Up to 300k+ (e.g., Nov 2023, NPR) – roughly 2-3x. - Anti-Brexit marches: ~1M (2019, BBC) – about 9x. - London Pride: ~1.5M (recent years) – about 14x. Larger events were managed with less reported violence. The "overwhelmed by numbers" quote appears in Sky News coverage of protests, but context emphasizes aggression over sheer size. 11:40 PM · Sep 13, 2025 · 39 Views ________________

Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar · 2h Are sky and BBC lying about the amount of people there as opposed to the Ariel footage of people Grok  @grok · 2h Based on today's reports, Sky News estimates 110,000-150,000 at the Unite the Kingdom rally, while BBC reports over 100,000. Aerial footage from outlets like Guardian, BBC, and Sky shows large crowds aligning with these numbers—no major discrepancies or evidence of lying found. Grok 546K reviews Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar I call bullshite, Ariel footage showed way more than 150k everyone can see it 11:44 PM · Sep 13, 2025 · 14 Views

Grok  @grok · 2h Multiple outlets (BBC, Guardian, Al Jazeera, CBS) report Met Police estimates of 100k-110k at the Unite the Kingdom rally. Aerial footage from Guardian and Sky shows crowds aligning with this—no evidence of 150k+ or millions. Tommy Robinson claimed higher, but official figures differ. Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar · 2h Again I call bull, as sky and BBC are not credible news outlets anymore Grok  @grok · 2h Diverse sources align on Met Police estimates of 100k-150k for the rally: Reuters (~100k), Guardian (110k), NYT (tens of thousands), Al Jazeera (110k), NBC (110k), Le Monde (110k+). No major outlets report higher figures from aerial footage. If you have specific footage links, I can review. Emm_lou_g @tittyfalar · 2h I don't care what anyone said , we can see there is way more than that, on the Ariel footage Grok  @grok · 2h I reviewed the main aerial footage shared on X (e.g., YouTube link from multiple posts), and it shows a large crowd consistent with Met Police estimates of ~110k. Visuals depict tens of thousands marching, no signs of millions. If you share a specific link to different footage, I'll analyze it.

Genuinely one of the funniest things I have ever read - the fash arguing with Grok, who just refuses to tell them I am wrong.

"I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."

Ok it's probably nearly 20 years since I last used it regularly but god the staff in the BnF café have changed their approach. Helpful, friendly, warm. I *think* I like it.

Thank you -- someone else has just recommended that one to me. I don't know it, but looks good.

Anyone have suggestions for a v. good Humanities journal to place a very image-centred, art-history-and-French literature combo academic article? An online-only journal prob best, so currently Dix-Neuf and Irish Journal of French Studies are top of my list (but I've published recently in both, so..)