Prompt Inspiration

ALT A painted portrait of Captain James Cook wearing formal attire and seated at a desk, pointing at a map of the world.

ALT An illustration of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson greeting two well-dressed men while a stevedore looks on.

ALT A black-and-white photo of Will Durant. He wears a suit and tie, round glasses with clear frames, and a small, tidy mustache that is white like his neatly trimmed hair.

ALT Howard Carter at the entrance to the tomb of King Tut.

ALT A cover of the novel "Gypsy in Amber" by Martin Cruz Smith.

ALT A black-and-white yearbook or newspaper photo of a personal computer lab at Clemson University. The image shows two back-to-back rows of large-case PCs with small television tube-style monitors on tops of the cases. A jumbled tangle of power cords and cables run across the tables between the PCs. Students sit in front of the PCs, typing on typewriter-style keyboards.

ALT A cover of a recent edition of Norman Mailer's book "The Executioner's Song"

ALT A cover of the Dick Francis novel "Rat Race." The cover image shows horses racing along a track rail.

ALT A promotional image for the American television series "House of Cards." President Frank Underwood is leaving Air Force One on red carpet-lined steps, followed by his First Lady.

ALT A journalistic photo of Dominick Dunne in later age. He wears round tortoise-shell spectacles and a black pin-striped suit coat over a blue patterned shirt with a white collar and a purple paisley tie.