While Europe's eye is fixed on mighty things, / The fate of Empires and the fall of Kings, / While quacks of State must each produce his plan, / And even children lisp the Rights of Man; / Amid this mighty fuss let me mention, / The Rights of Woman merit some attention. - ROBERT BURNS

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Monday, August 5, 2013

"Clytie"

 

Louis Welden Hawkins 1849-1910

"Clytie" was the name of eight different characters in Greek mythology

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

"Roxanne in Jean-Baptiste Racine's Bajazet"


Eugene Francois Marie Joseph Deveria 1805-65

A new series "The Paintings of Jan Vermeer" begins today on John's Gallery

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