Folly Cove 01930: 249 books

Anna Lea Merritt, American Pre-Raphaelite painter, stayed in England painting after the death of her husband. This is a series of essays about her life in the country.

Frederick Keppel takes a brief look at the “Grand Style” art of Joshua Reynolds, the influential British portrait painter of the late 18th century.

Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903), American Lithographer and Watercolorist spent much of his time in Europe, but visited Japan in 1890 and spent three years there.

This sketch of Tolstoy concentrates on the period of the later part of the 1860's, written twenty years after Schuyler, Tolstoy's first translator,  met the Count. A good background piece.

A brief overview of Orchids as they were collected and grown in the late 19th century.

A Brief Survey of Caricature and Caricaturists of the 19th Century including Hogarth, Gillray, Cruikshank, Leech, Doyle.

A Brief look at Blacks Portrayed (mostly by whites) on Stage in America from the colonial era to the latter part of the 19th Century.

Theodore Child explores Americans and American Art at the Paris World's Fair (Exposition Universelle) of 1889. Theodore Child (1846-1892) was a travel writer and discerning Art Critic of the late nineteenth century.

Noted painter, writer and artist Frederic Crowninshield takes us on a decorator's tour of Rome in the 1890's.

This essay idealizes the lake and the scenery, reflecting on Idyllic.

Kobbé discusses what life was like for a working diver during the late 19th century.

This is a brief outline of the works of some of the French illustrators and Artists turned illustrators who were popular during the 1890's.

Clothing, A Historical Consideration traces the history of clothing in the western world from the Greeks to the high fashions of the late 19th century. A good brief survey of the subject.

Famed poet and critic Cosmo Monkhouse discusses the works of Edward Burne-Jones, artist in oil and stained glass who is closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement.