(Encyclopedia) Flint, Welsh Fflint, town, Flintshire, NE Wales, on the Dee estuary. Flint has industries that produce rayon, nylon, paper, and clothing…
(Encyclopedia) Navy Island, in the Niagara River, just above Niagara Falls, S Ont., Canada. It is famous as the scene of the last stand made by William Lyon Mackenzie and some of his fellow rebels in…
lithographers When one conjures up an image of Americana, chances are it's an image seen on one of the paintings, posters, or handbills produced by Currier & Ives. Currier had begun the…
(India Arie Simpson)musicianBorn: 10/3/1975Birthplace: Denver, Colo. India.Arie burst onto the music scene in 2001, with the release of Acoustic Soul, an intelligent, richly textured collection of…
(Encyclopedia) Flodden, field, Northumberland, N England, just across the border from Coldstream, Scotland. It was the scene of the battle of Flodden Field (1513), in which the English under Thomas…
(Encyclopedia) Otterburn, village, Northumberland, N England. It was the scene of a victory (1388) of the Scots over the English. The engagement, in which Sir Henry Percy was taken captive, is the…
How many of these types of painting have you tried—did you ever paint a local landscape or draw a self-portrait? Some paintings combine types. For example, a portrait might also include details of…
(Encyclopedia) Keene, Charles Samuel, 1823–91, English pen-and-ink artist and caricaturist. In 1851 he began his long association with Punch, where the bulk of his work appeared. His drawings ranged…
