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 24, 2013

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Thursday, August 15, 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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