For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/3pYpKcmp5o4. Informal gardens We go through the lime allée and…
Background: The Mount The Mount, Edith Wharton's home, was completed in 1902. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/V0a3Xc_6BXc. In 1897, at age 30 - long before she…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/lQYzlOFti3M. Gardens at the north end of Naumkeag This week, we're…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/MMlZuPW6zjg. Inside the house Ventfort (here and here) and The Mount -…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/npmDQpdImZY. This week: more of Naumkeag's spectacular gardens. Naumkeag's gardens, continued…
This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/L4Gxc_QQWb0. Naumkeag (website here) is a 44-room “Berkshire cottage” in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Gilded Age mansion boasts fantastic gardens, spectacular views, and…
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August 22, 2023
John Singer Sargent, Lizzie B. Dewey (Mrs. Francis Henshaw Dewey II), 1890. Worcester Art Museum.
For more on the Worcester Art Museum, see the first post in this series. In this post (the final in the series) we look American paintings of the late19th and early…
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August 15, 2023
Gilbert Stuart, Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury, 1810-1811, and Russell Sturgis, 1822. Worcester Art Museum.
For more on the Worcester Art Museum, see the first post in this series. In this post we look American paintings of the early 19th century at the WAM, and see…
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August 7, 2023
Freake-Gibbs Painter, John, Elizabeth & Mary Freake, ca. 1670. Worcester Art Museum.
For more on the Worcester Art Museum, see the first post in this series. In this post we look at the earliest American paintings at the WAM, and see how they…
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August 1, 2023
Thomas Lawrence, Mr. & Mrs. James Dunlop, ca. 1825. Worcester Art Museum.
For more on the Worcester Art Museum, see the first post in this series. In this post we look at four French, Spanish, and English portraits of the 19th century –…
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