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Amherst, MA: the town and its celebrities and characters in books
#PortraitForToday This portrait came via Spitalfields Life, a blog by the Gentle Author that today focuses on Dan Jones’ portraits of people in London’s East End.
Sounding the bell
The little park in Bloomsbury that Fanny Wilkinson (1855-1051) saved
a pretty little square or triangle in Bloomsbury
does the subject matter? Sir Alfred Munnings, 1956. Is the dog a tribute to Velasquez’ Las Meninas?
House sitting and hanging with this precious little lamb
The Scullery by Frank Taylor Lockwood 1944
Giovanna Garzoni
Born in Ascoli Piceno in 1600, one of the greatest still-life artists in Italy. Here is a detail of a painting showing figs, and beetles.
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