east coast excursion to alexandria, virginia
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Arthur and Jeanie visit Dan and Poss
The Beauties of Brick
Cobblestone Street
Former Elks Lodge
Alexandria Doorways
The Hour: Vintage Cocktail Barware
Vintage Cocktail Glasses
King Street Blues
Baltimore Mural
Jean-Léon Gérôme, “Duel After the Masked Ball”
Jean-Léon Gérôme, “The Death of Caesar”
Jean-Léon Gérôme, “A Roman Slave Market”
Jean-Léon Gérôme, “Diogenes”
Jean-Léon Gérôme, “The Christian Martyrs”
De Neuville, “In the Trenches”
de Neuville, “Attack at Dawn” (detail)
Meisonnier, “End of the Game of Cards”
Gleyre, “Lost Illusions”
“On the island of Lesbos, in the late 7th century BC, Sappho and her
companions listen rapturously as the poet Alcaeus plays a kithara.”
Alma Tadema, “Sappho and Alcaeus”
Sappho and Alcaeus, 470 B.C. Vase
Daumier, “The Amateurs”
Achenbach, “Clearing Up -- Coast of Sicily” (I still can’t see the American flag!)
Boughton, “The Waning Honeymoon”
Cordier, Dafur Man and Woman
Fintlocks, 1700
Cigarette Case c. 1900
Chamber of Wonders
“The Story of Troy”
Meissonier, “Courtyard of the Artist’s Studio,” 1877 -- Watercolor
Giacomelli, “A Perch of Birds”
Alma Tadema, “Twixt Venus and Bacchus”
Bouguereau, “Italian Peasant Kneeling with Child”
Brion, “Exterior of a Church”
Ziem, “Constaninople”
Herson, “Interior of Saint Etienne du Mont”
Miller, “The Mountain Torrent”
Tissot, “The Confessional”
The Phillips Gallery
Van Gogh, Repetitions
Renoir, “The Boating Party”
Washington Ale House, Wilmington, DelawareToasted bagel slices with garlic butter!
Southern Tier Warlock Pumpkin Imperial Stout!
Dupont Hotel Dining Room, Wilmington
Longwood Gardens: Giant Elephant Ear Plant, Thailand
1000 Blooms
Chrysanthemums in the Greenhouse
Water Lilies
Tree House
Autumn Sunset
Wintherthur: Gold Beaters Sign and Fantasy on an Iron Gate
On the way to Kapnos: Busboys and Poets
Langston Hughes: Busboy and Poet
Poss’s Party, Kapnos
Years Back -- “Dorian Gray” Dan never changes!
Kapnos Chow and Gold Rush
Metro to To the National Gallery
Van Gogh, Self-Portrait, 1889
Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral
National Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Saint-Gaudens, Shaw Memorial
Cropsey, Autumn on the Hudson River
Daumier, Members of Parliament
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood
The Voyage of Life: Youth
The Voyage of Life: Manhood
The Voyage of Life: Old Age
Edouard Manet: The Old Musician
Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Antoinette
Jefferson Hotel, Richmond
Ceiling Glass, Jefferson Hotel
Fantasy on the Ceiling Glass in the Jefferson Hotel
Old City Hall, Richmond
George Washington by Houdon
Head, New Jefferson Statue
State Capitol, Richmond
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Maxfield Parrish, Little Sugar River at Noon
Lalique Brooch
Tiffany Punch Bowl
Amuse Restaurant
Rockefeller Room
Robert E. Lee Monument by Antonin Mercié
One Final Treat at the Hard Times Cafe:
Four Kinds of Chili!
Going Home
