Last night I received both an email and text message stating:
“Hyde and Sikh – or Hide and Sikh, if the book is leather bound“
Which was so painfully close I urged the guesser on.
This morning I awoke to the correct answer:
“Haydn Sikh – My first guess came from thinking the portrait looked a bit like R. L. Stevenson without a mustache, or how I imagine Dr. Jekyll might look.“
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Yes, indeed! That is, in fact, a portrait of (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809), his head photoshopically wrapped in a Sikh turban.
I considered adding in one of the 5 Sikh k’s, such as a kara or kirpan … but I was too lazy.
In any case, our lovely contestant, Anne On a Mouse, has chosen as his prize a framed, 8″x12″ print:
Thanks to everyone who looked at this and thought: “is this guy out of his mind or what?”
Watch this space for further, pointless tomfoolery.
