Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art Publisher: Lucia Marquand ISBN: 9781555953614 Category : Painting Languages : en Pages : 0
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This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.
Author: C. L. Johnstone Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com ISBN: 0806346299 Category : Borders Region (Scotland) Languages : en Pages : 224
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Johnstone's account is of the long-established families of the Dumfriesshire region of Scotland and, secondarily, of the so-called "Border Wars" which were waged from the twelfth century between the dominant Scottish families of South Dumfriesshire and the English in North Cumberland. Our reprint is from the important second edition, which contains an expanded chapter on the Border Wars. The author interweaves the stormy saga of Scottish-English wars, invasions, and intrigues with the fortunes and descents of the following principal families of the region: Armstrong, Baliol, Bell, Boswell, Bruce, Carlile/Carlyle, Carruthers, Clark, Corry, Crichton, Cummings, Douglas, Dunwiddie, Fergusson, Fleming, Gladstone, Gordon, Graham(e), Irving, Jardine, Johnstone, Kennedy, Kerr, Kirkpatrick, Laird, Maitland, Maxwell, Murray, Scott, Sharp, Stuart/Stewart, Trumble, and Wallace.
Author: Thomas Martin Devine Publisher: Penguin Paperbacks ISBN: 9780141002347 Category : National characteristics, Scottish Languages : en Pages : 0
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T. M. Devine uses extensive original research to examine Scotland's urban vigor as well as describing the traditional aspects of Scottish history, covering key topics such as the Union, the Enlightenment, Industrialization, the Clearances, Religion, and the Road to Devolution. He also explores the global Diaspora of the Scots, the impact of migrants, and the effect of the World Wars. Throughout, Scotland's story is set against the background of British, European, and world history.
Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Author: Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson
Author: Robert Murray Smith
Author: C. L. Johnstone
Author: Sir William Fraser
Author: Charles Rogers
Author: Thomas Martin Devine
Author: William Hand Browne
Author: Sir William Fraser
Author: Sir Robert Douglas