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Wellington, Women & Friendship at London's Apsley House sidesteps the first Duke's philandering - which is a shame

When we look at collections how much thought do we spare for the chequered lives of these works?

Image Credit: Submitted/Fintry.ca April 11, 2021 - 6:00 PM The Okanagan’s history is littered with stories of remittance men, who were the younger sons of the British elite who were sent off to the Colonies with stipends to find their way in the new world while first-born sons inherited wealth.  One was Coutts Marjoribanks whose sister Lady Aberdeen built Kelowna’s Guisichan House for him in an effort to keep him out of trouble. It didn’t work all the well as the home was known as a party house. Another might have been James Dun-Waters. He was destined to be just su...

The plague has never been endemic in Malta but it has been ‘imported’ several times from the Levant and spread rapidly throughout the islands with heavy loss of life. After the Order of St John was expelled from Malta in 1798, the first plague outbreak under the new British rulers occurred in April 1813. This is the basis of this month’s anniversary story. Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes (1754-1822), Civil Commissioner of Malta, 1810-13, in a portrait attributed to Henry Raeburn (1756-1823), The National Trust, Killerton, UK. One of the results of the economic war then being wag...

Michaan's to hold specialty auction of traditional furnishings and Old Masters works of art Ernst Stache (German 1849-1889) "A Venetian Backwater", oil on canvas. Estimate: $2,000 / 4,000. ALAMEDA, CA .- A widely anticipated specialty auction is happening at Michaan’s on March 19: the Traditional Furnishings and Old Masters Auction. Nearly 300 lots of fine furniture, decorations and works of fine art will be offered. Featured in this sale is the property of Arthur Thomson, an inveterate San Francisco collector of English and French paintings, furniture and decorations. “We are delighted t...