From: David Oliver (david.oliver@xtra.co.nz)
Date: 09/01/02-04:27:56 PM Z
Judy,
Sorry to bore with another SOED quote, but one of the meanings given for
"box" suggests there's some merit in Arthur's idea:
Box - "Print within a border of rules", early 20th C usage. Presumably
"rules" would mean ruled lines, which sounds pretty much like a frame.
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Seigel [mailto:jseigel@panix.com]
> For
> > the record. Now, what Arthur says about the box of the
> photographic frame
> > comes into play too, in my opinion.
>
> This is, as noted, so far fetched you'll regret it in the morning -- You
> could by same token say photo is on the wall, so no meaning of wall in any
> picture. Or it's under glass, so any covering of any figure is moot. And
> if the print was just pinned on the wall, as many are these days, then the
> the box means a box? I can't even say "nice try." TERRIBLE try.
>
> J.
>
>
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