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“Mrs. Clarke stands before a large doorway inscribed Clark and Company. She wears a white short-sleeved dress with plumed cocked hat, gorget, and military sash, sword-belt and scabbard. The sword she holds over her head, saying, Now Gentlemen you had...
This portrait appears as the frontispiece of volume 147 of the Complete works of Voltaire published this month by the Voltaire Foundation. This trenchant portrait by Jean Huber which appeared in color on the cover and as the frontispiece for The Quotable...
So far, preparing for the impact activities associated with The Romantic Ridiculous project has been the most stressful element of my research leave. We’re working with two local schools to co-produce an exhibition called Ridiculous Romantics (see what...
A group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. A version of the print also published with lettering “The company of undertakers”. The three named quacks occupy the top, twelve other ‘doctors’...
Like several summers in the past, this was supposed to be my “Historic New England Summer” in which I made a determined attempt to visit and write about as many HNE houses as possible. I started out very close to home at the Phillips House, and then...
Like any author, I love it when characters I have written about come into the public eye. Artist duo Jean and François Clouet, featured in my second novel, worked as portraitists at the courts of François I, Henri II, and Henri's sons. I posted previously...
Dirk Stoop (England, c 1610-1685) Catherine of Braganza c 1610The first recorded drinking of tea is in China, where the earliest records of tea consumption date back to the 10th century BC. It was a common drink during Qin Dynasty (around 200 BC)...
Mary Jacquelin 1714-1764 Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsMary Jacquelin 1714-1764 was born in Jamestown, Virginia. Her father was Edward 1668–1730, & her mother was Martha Cary 1686–1738. Her father Edward Jacquelin was descended...
I LOVE Diaries: they offer such personal perspectives into the past, encompassing both “big” events and everyday occurrences. I read diaries, teach with diaries, and think about diaries often. I even like books about diaries, such as Kate...
Susanna Truax by Unknown Artist
Mother with Child, Unknown Artist
Lady Wearing a Large White Cap by Unknown Artist
Elizabeth Paddy Wensley. Unknown artist, Boston, 1670–1680. The Pilgrim Society, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Lady in Red by Sherman Limner.
1762 Joseph Blackburn fl 1752-1778 Woman Brooklyn
1793 Ralph Earl (1751-1801). Sarah McCurdy (Mrs. Henry Channing) and Son Henry William
17103,000 German men and women from the Palatinate settle near Livingston Manor on the Hudson River in New York to produce naval stores. When the colony fails, the settlers go first to the Mohawk Valley (in New York) and finally to eastern Pennsylvania.The...
1757 John Singleton Copley (1737-1815) Mrs Daniel Rea and Child.
1796 Ralph Earl (1751-1801) Mrs Elijah Boardman and Son
1783 Ralph Earl (1751-1801) Lady Williams and Child
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