The Awakening

Posted on March 6, 2015 by ubu507

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Orchid Show

Posted on March 3, 2015 by ubu507

orchidshow

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The Hotohoto Festival at the Great Shrine in Izumo Province

Posted on February 28, 2015 by ubu507

1954.13.067No. 42 from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Ichiryusai Hiroshige, 1853, woodblock print

Gibbes Museum of Art

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The Hidden Window Mystery

Posted on February 27, 2015 by ubu507

scan0015By Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew #34

1956 edition

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Sunset Viewed From the Speedway

Posted on February 25, 2015 by ubu507

sunlightspeedway

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Mrs. Abraham Crouch (Sophia Jane Withers)

Posted on February 24, 2015 by ubu507

1967.25.02Artist: Unknown American
Date: ca. 1805
Medium: watercolor

The young wife of Abraham Crouch, Sophia died at age twenty-one and is buried in St. Philip’s churchyard. The portrait was probably painted ca. 1805 when Sophia was in her teens.

Gibbes Museum of Art

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Hall

Posted on February 23, 2015 by ubu507

hall

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Shattered

Posted on February 19, 2015 by ubu507

shattered

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The Blue Dress Address 3

Posted on February 18, 2015 by ubu507

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Salome

Posted on February 17, 2015 by ubu507

(c) National Trust, Ham House; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

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