This week: more art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Egyptian, Cat, ca. 3rd-1st c. BC Egyptian Ptolemaic Period, Cat, ca. 3rd-1st c. BC. Wadsworth Atheneum.…
This week: more European art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Rubens, Return of the Holy Family from Egypt, ca. 1630 Peter Paul Rubens, Return of…
The video of this week's recommendations is here. This week's recommendations include four sculptures along the main tourist street of San Miguel de Cozumel, which runs along the west coast…
This week: more European art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. 1669: Jacob Ochtervelt, The Dancing Dog Jacob Ochtervelt, The Dancing Dog, 1669. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.…
This week we move on to European art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Morgan Wing, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Photo copyright © 2021 Dianne L.…
Click here for all posts on the Flagler Museum. This week we’re looking at Henry Flagler's private railcar, built in 1886 by Jackson and Sharp of Wilmington, Delaware. In 1912, Flagler celebrated…
Click here for all posts on the Flagler Museum. This week we're looking at the upstairs of the mansion. Master Bedroom Master Suite, Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. Photo copyright ©…
The introduction to this series is in last week's post. Click here for all posts. South Hall Off the South Hall open the Billiard Room (left) and the Grand Ballroom…
Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913) became enormously wealthy as one of the founders of Standard Oil, which he joined in 1867. He was credited by John D. Rockefeller with developing the…
This week's post includes a number of seventeenth- and eighteeenth-century American artworks at the Wadsworth. The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all…