AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
American fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790-1840.
Fancy, thou the Muse's pride, / In thy painted realms reside / Endless images of things, / Fluttering each on golden wings, / Ideal objects, such a store, / The universe could hold no more: / Fancy to thy power I owe / Half my happiness below!
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Few would guess today that such an archaic sounding word as fancy was central to the tastes and perceptions of early nineteenth-century Americans. Fancy meant imagination, and its spirit was well identified in the spring of 1836, when the artist Joseph H. Davis painted a watercolor portrait of Sylvanus C. and Mary Jane Foss of Strafford, New Hampshire (Pl. II). His sitters differed little ...
- JANE FOSS, BANK OFFICER, LATER TAUGHT CERAMICS.(News)(Obituary)
- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) December 8, 2003 700+ words
Jane Foss was rooted in Campbell County. Her father, the late Dr. David Yandall Ragan, moved to the county from Louisville with his wife...
- The big 3-OH Mary Jane, the 'Wild Child' of Winter Park, packs new punch for...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Redding, Jill November 29, 2005 700+ words
...She doesn't look a day over 25. But Mary Jane, Winter Park's "wild child" known...seasonlong birthday celebration will include Mary Jane look-alike contests, promotions and...breakfasts every Saturday and Sunday at Mary Jane Cafeteria; and apr s-ski specials...
- Mary Jane's Soda Inc. Named Partner for Bloomingdale's "The Biggest Makeover in...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 14, 2009 700+ words
Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda Brings Euphoria to Flagship Store on New York's 59(th) Street DENVER -- Mary Jane's Soda Inc., creators of Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda, announced its partnership with Bloomingdale...
- Mary Jane and Alan Goldman: a twosome in life, work and golf.(PROFITS &...
- Magazine article from: Westchester County Business Journal Procopiou, Christina Kosta September 20, 2004 700+ words
When Mary Jane Goldman decided to go into the printing...They didn't even have a fax machine Mary Jane says. Today, a business of a different...operations. Very much a family affair, Mary Jane is joined by husband Alan and her son...
- Mary-Jane on the Faust track!(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) January 14, 2005 700+ words
...Campling , Huddersfield punk rock band Mary-Jane are set to record their debut album in...record at the city's Faust Studios. Mary-Jane are: vocalist and bass player Teri Flynn...schooldays and are founder members of Mary-Jane. The band was originally a four-piece...
- In Mary Jane's shoes; Comic explores teen years of Spidey's squeeze.(Arts and...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Perigard, Mark A. September 3, 2004 700+ words
...comic book set in the days of a teenage Mary Jane Watson, future bride of the amazing...actually. In a mere three issues, "Mary Jane" has established itself as a winning...book. Marvel approached him to write "Mary Jane" with an unusual audience in mind...
- From The Editor-in-Chief.(Mary Jane Fisher, National Underwriter's Washington...
- Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition August 13, 2001 700+ words
...I have to report to our readers that Mary Jane Fisher, National Underwriter's long...was over a quarter-century ago that Mary Jane began reporting for NU on insurance activities...and always get it right. Actually, Mary Jane had been involved in journalism for many...
- OBIT - DAVIS, Mary Jane Reynolds
- Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News October 16, 2009 700+ words
Mary Jane Reynolds Davis, of Radford, Va...short but valiant fight with cancer. Mary Jane was born January 15, 1935, in Pulaski...Bernard Fred and Mabel Wooten Reynolds. Mary Jane married the love of her life, Garland...
