"Large palace yard lined with porticos, with draped people engaged in activities representing sciences and arts, and royal coat of arms with crown, fleur-de-lys and insignia of the Order of the Saint-Esprit in the lower part."--British Museum online c...
Depiction of the marble copy at the Palace of Versailles of the statue known as the Sleeping Hermaphroditus. The nude figure lies on a mattress, body turned away from the viewer, head to the right and resting upon the right arm which rests upon a pill...
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letter from Wilkie asking Lady Holland to accept his gift of "two small and imperfect sketches, made from recollection, on my way back from Falmouth, of the two Portraits by Vandyke, of the Earl of Warwick and the Ea...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady, 1770-1845., Holland family., and Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
Subject (Topic):
Art, Letters, Portrait painting, Watercolor painting, and Social life and customs
The papers include undated letters to Brenner from Enriqué Cross regarding Cross's work and containing several of his poems, and letters from Cross dated 1956 Jul 23-1957 Sep 30, describing his life in Mexico and his poor health; letters from Robert ...
Description:
Lithuanian-born sculptor who immigrated to the United States in 1890, and moved to Paris in the early 1900s. With Robert J. Coady he owned the Washington Square Gallery in New York, and acted as the gallery's European agent.
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State) and New York.
Subject (Name):
Brenner, Marian., Brenner, Michael, 1888-1976., Coady, R. J. 1876-1921. (Robert J.),, Cross, Enrique., and Washington Square Gallery.
