General notes on Image 12

• This is the image for November and the immigration reference is to Russia.
• This image is thought to be linked to Verse 10 and a casque in the New York City area.

Specific Observations

  Please record your notes about this image in the list below.  Use the letter/number grid to identify the point on the image that you're describing.  To keep things organized, 1) please start each observation with a letter/number combo (in bold), and 2) add new observations in the right place on the list to keep everything alphabetized.

• B5 - In the gap between the ends of the bird's wings, where we should see the edge of the window, we only see the wall.
  
• C3, C6, & C7 - The colored dot patterns are similar to those used in the Ishihara test for color blindness.
• C6 - The head of the bird is similar to at least two monuments in the New York area (see below).
• D3 - The doorway could represent Ellis Island, the doorway to America.
• D4 - The dark rectangle could be the World Trade Center (completed in 1973 and destroyed in 2001) or it could be the berth where ships docked at Ellis Island.
• D5 - The building shown as an outline has the onion domes that are commonly (but not exclusively) found on Russian Orthodox churches.
• D6 - The face is a good match for the face on the Statue of Liberty (see below).
• D7 - The time on the clock is 11:00, indicating the month of November.
• F4 - The flower is a chrysanthemum.
• F6 & G6 - If the overall shape of the dress is taken to be Manhattan, then the sash hanging in the middle could represent Central Park.
• J5, K6, J7 & K7 - Three of the four small shapes below the dress could represent the three small islands just below lower Manhattan: Ellis Island, Liberty Island, and Governors Island.  There isn't an obvious match for the fourth shape.
• K6 - The jewel is a topaz.
• L3 - There appears to be a lion or some other animal in the waves (see below).
• M3 to M8 - A breaking wave forms a ridge of water.  If the wave is in a bay, it could be considered a "bay ridge," possibly in reference to that neighborhood in Brooklyn.
• O6 - There appears to be a "74" in the water (see below).

Other Notes:

• This final image appears to be paired with the first image, Image 1.  Both have the same narrow shape with the rounded top.
• The nose on this image is directly above the jewel.  The vertical line that passes through the nose and jewel in this image is exactly the same line that passes through the nose and jewel in Image 1. 
• By combining the longitude (74) and the visual references to the Statue of Liberty, we can direct this search to the New York metropolitan area.  The images of breaking waves and islands in a sea of blue suggest that we should focus on the area around New York Bay.  There are at least three strong references to Ellis Island in the picture, but Ellis is north of Liberty Island and would not allow visitors to "gaze north to the isle of B."  If "isle of B." is Liberty Island, we should be somewhere south of that in New York Bay.  A line heading directly south of Liberty Island would pass under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and head out to sea without ever hitting land, but presumably "north" is meant more as a general direction.  The combination of evidence suggests that we should be looking for a place near the waterfront, in either Brooklyn or Staten Island, where one could have a view northwards to the Statue of Liberty.
• For historic aerial views of New York City, try using NYCityMap. For historical photos of New York City, try using the Photo Gallery of the NYC Department of Records.  ("The online gallery now totals more than 900,000--the largest collection of historical images of New York City in the world.")

Image Matches

The face is a match for the Statue of Liberty, particularly in the lips and the shaded eyes.
The bird is similar to the iconic sculptures on the Chrysler Building.
The bird is an even better match to the stone birds on top of the Ferry Building at Ellis Island.  (Note the longer beak, the lack of an overbite, and the open mouth with a visible tongue.)
The gray rectangle at the top is a very strong match for the channel where ships once docked at Ellis Island.  The channel currently even has the same red outline around it, although it isn't yet known whether that feature is a new addition or was present in 1980.
The crashing waves at the lower left appear to form a clawed, upright animal facing sideways, similar to the design of the lion in the Royal Standard of Scotland.  This might connect to the possible reference to Sir Walter Scott in Verse 10.

Latitude / Longitude Hints

There appears to be a "74" in the waves below the woman's dress.  The line for 74 degrees west (longitude) runs through lower Manhatten and Brooklyn.  The Statue of Liberty is only slightly further west at 74.04 degrees.
There do not appear to be any hints about latitude in the image.

Questions, questions, questions...

• Did the dock area at Ellis Island have that red outline on all three sides in 1980?