Library Portraits of George Washington
“I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painter’s pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck…no dray moves more readily to the Thrill, than I do to […]
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General Washington’s Christmas of 1776
Ah, he stands – sailor crew went going. And so this general watches rowing. He hastens – winter again grows cold. A wet crew gain Hessian stronghold. —the third stanza […]
The Fabulous Frick Collection
“The announcement yesterday that Mr. Frick’s almost unrivalled art treasures were to pass to the city came as a surprise to all save a few of his intimate friends.” —from […]
Hopper at Home at The Whitney
This is the third and final article about the art at the Whitney Museum of American Art that caught our attention during a visit in early July. The first two […]
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