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Rozeal, SONG OF SOLOMON 5:16 – BE BEEWORLD: BE B BOY B GIRL (after “Emperor Xuanzong
This painting is based on a true account of a shark attack in Havana Harbor in 1749. John Singleton Copley depicts a critical moment in the attempted rescue of 14-year-old Brook Watson.
Tate Gallery, London, 1946: no. 49. 1947 Richardson, Edgar P.
Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p.
(Christie’s, London, June 29, 1978, lot 248); (via P. & D.
Foreword by Perry B. Cott and notes by Otto Stelzer.
Footnote Modal [1] Ben P. J. Broos in Ben P. J.
The Lackawanna Valley in northeastern Pennsylvania was home to the Lenni-Lenape peoples for centuries before the arrival of Europeans. The word Lackawanna comes from a Lenape term meaning “stream that forks,� which describes the Lackawanna River.
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company to advertise a rail network that would link
Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy in 1609. Just before Anthony van Dyck, one-time protégé and frequent collaborator of Rubens, left Antwerp in October 1621 for his own extended stay in Italy, he apparently presented this portrait to his mentor.
Minerva to an imaginary position behind Isabella’s right shoulder, reinforcing the link
part of a massive donation from Joseph Widener (1871–1943) and his late father, P.
wistful children in the arts in this big, noisy, growing and groping America.� B
