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March 3, 2016
The Duelling Pistols of Brown’s of Blackburn
Courtesy of the British Museum
Today we thought we would share some information about a rare pair of silver mounted 22-bore flintlock, breech loading duelling pistols made by Andreas Rhienhold (Andrew) Dolep, a Dutchman who was working in London. The pistols were highly innovative, featuring an automatic priming magazine, a re-loadable metal cartridge and a hinged barrel for easier and quicker reloading.
The pistols were made for one of Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s ancesto...
March 1, 2016
Regency Personalities Series-Richard Whately
Regency Personalities Series
In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency, today I continue with one of themany period notables.
Richard Whately
1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863
Richard Whately
Richard Whately was born in London, the son of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Whately. He was educated at a private school near Bristol, and at Oriel College, Oxford. Richard Whately obtained double second-class honours and the prize for the English essay; in 1811 he...
Joyce Theater Foundation Presents Hong Kong Ballet / March 15-20….
“Generous artistry and technical prowess bathe the company in a warm glow,” says The Boston Globe about Hong Kong Ballet. One of Asia’s premier classical ballet companies, the company is gaining international recognition as a world-class institution that represents Hong Kong’s unique character. The first company in Asia to perform Nacho Duato’s eloquent Castrati, Hong Kong Ballet brings this ballet to the Joyce stage along with work by Krzysztof Pastor, the Artistic Director...
Colonial and Colonial Revival
Over the years I have encountered people who were opposed to historic districts for a variety of reasons, prominently property rights and the sense that such building restrictions created homogeneous “museum neighborhoods”. I appreciate both arguments: I’m a bit of a libertarian myself and I have lived in historic districts since my 20s primarily because I like to look out the window when I get up every morning and look at historic buildings. But when I walk around Salem’s his...
February 29, 2016
Sophia Duleep Singh
Sophie Duleep Singh was an Indian princess, turned rebel suffragette, who marched alongside Emmeline Pankhurst and dedicated her life to the cause of votes for women.
Sophia was born on 8th August 1876, at her family’s stately home in Suffolk. But she was no normal English aristocrat; her father was Maharaja Duleep Singh – the last king of the Sikh empire, who was withdrawn from his throne (after the British Empire conqured the Punjab), and was exiled from India to Englanda couple of years...
Masterclass in Byzantine Mosaics (Part 1)
The History of the Byzantine Empire
Who would have thought that a tiny small square piece of stone, glass or pottery called tesserae would have such an important impact on culture and art history? As far back as the fourth millennium, on the walls of the Uruk in Mesopotamia, pieces of coloured stone cones were inlaid in a pattern, that bear a resemblance to mosaics. In the period of ancient history, more familiar to us though, the Greeks and pre-Christian Romans, enriched the floors of Hell...
The Invalid FLOTUS: Ida McKinley
Ida Saxton McKinley was said to be the prettiest girl in Canton, Ohio.
Ida Saxton: Pampered Child
Ida Saxton (1847-1907) was the eldest of three children born to James and Catherine Saxton of Canton, Ohio. Saxton was the town banker, lived in a fine house, and enjoyed a reputation as one of the town’s leading citizens.
Ida, arguably one of the prettiest girls in Canton, was the recipient of all the amenities of “the pampered life” of pre-Civil War America: fine cl...
The Alkincoats Cross, Colne, Lancashire
The Alkincoats Cross in Colne Public Library.
OS grid reference: SD 8789 4094. The Alkincoats Cross or Colne Cross is a small section of an Anglo-Norse cross-head now located in Colne Library onMarket Street. It was dug up in the grounds of Alkincoats Hall, a building that was builtsometime after1540 and was the home of the Parker family of Browsholme.The hall wasdemolished in 1958. Today all that remains of the hall is Alkincoats farm at the north-side of the l...
February 28, 2016
Andy Warhol’s Love Affair with Television
On the 22nd of February 1987, Pop artist Andy Warhol suddenly died in his sleep at the age of 59 in NYC – the cause was an undiagnosed arrhythmia following a routine gallbladder operation. In addition to his iconic multimedia work which generally gets all the exposure, Warhol was a highly prolific filmmaker. Between 1963 and 1968, he made over 60 films, as well as around 500 short black-and-white ‘screen test’ portraits of the visitors to his Factory, the name under which his work...
