“The Rolls Royce of Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles” -Smithsonian Magazine, 1990
Elizabeth Parsons was a painter, lithographer, and teacher. She was born in Gloucestershire on September 27, 1831. Her early art studies were under Newcastle watercolorists Thomas Richardson and James Harding. In 1980, she undertook further studies in Paris with Nerina Simi for six years at her studio in Via Tripoli, Florence. This studio was opened as a small school in the 1880s by Nerina Simi's father Filadelfio Simion. Whilst in Florence Elizabeth painted portrait commissions. Her work has been exhibited in Florence. Elizabeth's work is also housed in private collections in
England, France, Canada, Italy, USA and Ireland.
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Requires extra concentration |
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Requires extra concentration & patience |
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Requires extra concentration, patience & aspirin |
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Requires extra concentration, patience, aspirin & Valium |
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Hors d'oeuvres-taste Stave shenanigans. |
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Faint of heart? This may be your limit? |
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Be prepared to do battle. |
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If they made Pepto Bismol for the brain, this is when you would need it. |
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What part of 'impossible' don't you understand? |
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You’re feeling like a genius! |
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You start to strain your brain! |
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Frustration creeps in! |
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The real agony begins! |
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Hair pulling, expletives, and screaming ensue! Get the POINT?! |
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If you haven't gotten the POINT yet... ☠️ |
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Holy Smokes! You did it! |
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You feel feverish as your temperature begins to rise. |
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Requires you to loosen your collar and let out some steam. |
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Be prepared for an eruption, you might as well throw yourself into an inferno! |
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Good for your heart. |
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Gets your heart racing. |
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Your heart might skip a beat. |
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Time to monitor your heart rate. |