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Fame and the Founding Father

“So I am to beautify a nonentity, am I?” These text, attributed to the seventy-six gathering old Patriarch Mallord William Historian on his deathbed, supply a revelatory insight into the dressage ambitiousness that fueled his lengthened and disputable advancement. For … Continue reading

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Bronwen Newbury – A Day in the Life

Bronwen Newbury, ‘A Day in the History’. To emit our perfunctory beach civilization, “A day in the life” has been varnished loosely, using the low layers of blusher to create shapes and figures which appear as relation of the landscape. … Continue reading

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Coffin’s Emblem Defies Certainty

When the remains of hundreds of colonial-era Africans were uncovered during a building excavation in Lower Manhattan in 1991, one coffin in particular stood out. Nailed into its wooden lid were iron tacks, 51 of which formed an enigmatic, heart-shaped … Continue reading

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