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The Art of the America's Cup
The America was the original muse for a cadre of nineteenth-century artists whose work inspired a tradition of marine artists documenting America's Cup races....
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Recent Acquisitions in the Collection of the Nantucket Historical Association
Founded on July 9, 1894, by sons and daughters of the last great Nantucket whaling generation, the Nantucket Historical Assocation began with the express mission to preserve 'all sorts of relics.'...
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My Father's House: Artist Will Barnet Returns to his New England Roots
Between 1990 and 1992, artist and teacher Will Barnet (b. 1911) produced a series of paintings entitled My Father's House, inspired by visits to his sister who was growing old alone in the family home in Beverly, Massachusetts....
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Connected to the Past: Objects from the Collections of the Newport Historical Society
Founded in 1639, Newport was the de facto capital of Rhode Island until after the American Revolution....
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Two Gaming Tables: A Comparison
A contemporary definition of the word pair is, 'Two identical, similar, or corresponding things,' whereas the Royal English Dictionary published in 1804 defines a pair as 'two things suiting one another.'...
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20/21 British Art Fair