Tag Archives: Portraits

1966: I Am Your Greatest Fan

Posted on January 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

I grew up in musical theater. To me, the highlight and the epitome of my life as a singer and actor and a dancer/choreographer was to star on Broadway. And as my popularity grew once [Star Trek] was on … Continue reading →

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170 AD: Memnon

Posted on November 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Portrait of Memnon: Greek, c. 170 AD Memnon was the pupil, protégé, and adopted son of Herodes Atticus, a Greek aristocrat and sophist who served as a senator of the Roman Empire. He was named after the mythological Ethiopian king … Continue reading →

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1753: Dedication

Posted on October 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

Tobias Smollett dedicated his third novel to himself: TO DOCTOR ——— You and I, my good friend, have often deliberated on the difficulty of writing such a dedication as might gratify the self-complacency of a patron, without exposing the author … Continue reading →

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2010: Johannesburg

Posted on August 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

Zanele Muholi: Mbala Zulu, KwaThema, Springs, Johannesburg, 2010

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1956: Portrait

Posted on June 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Seydou Keïta: Untitled (1956)

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1821: In Life the Firmest Friend

Posted on June 12, 2018 by corvusfugit

From a letter written by Percy Bysshe Shelley to Thomas Love Peacock, August 1821: Lord Byron gets up at two. I get up, quite contrary to my usual custom…at twelve. After breakfast, we sit talking till six. From six till … Continue reading →

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1976: House

Posted on May 17, 2018 by corvusfugit

Francesca Woodman: House #4, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976

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340 AD: Patron Saint of Beekeepers

Posted on April 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

According to tradition, a swarm of bees settled on the face of the infant St. Ambrose, leaving a drop of honey and thus foretelling the saint’s eloquence—his honeyed tongue. He is the patron saint of bees and beekeepers. A certain … Continue reading →

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1661: Elizabeth Russell

Posted on April 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

[———–] Russell, always known under the guise or habit of a woman, and answered to the name of Elizabeth, as registered in Streatham parish, Nov. 21, 1661, but at death proved to be a man. He was buried April 14th, … Continue reading →

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1968: I Had a Dream

Posted on April 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

Edward Biberman: I Had a Dream (1968)

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