Photos By Gail
This Pink Satin women’s shoe circa 1858 is typical of the dainty, flat-soled slippers that well-to-do Victorian women wore as evening wear and to formal events throughout most of the 19th century. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Satin Victorian Women’s Shoe
Photos By Gail
In his painting from 1931, Grant Wood (1892 – 1942) depicts the legendary story of the American patriot Paul Revere, as learned from an 1863 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. From a bird’s eye view, the painting shows Revere on horseback racing through a colonial town square in Massachusetts.
Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Grant Wood, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere