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Anthony Bailey
Born
in Portsmouth, England, The United Kingdom
May 13, 1933
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Vermeer: A View of Delft
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2001
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18 editions
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The Low Countries: A History
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Standing in the Sun: A Biography of J.M.W.Turner
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published
1997
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12 editions
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The Coast of Summer: Sailing New England Waters from Shelter Island to Cape Cod
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published
1994
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8 editions
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A Walk Through Wales
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published
1992
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9 editions
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Velázquez and The Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece
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published
2011
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5 editions
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The Outer Banks
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published
1989
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5 editions
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America Lost and Found: An English Boy's Wartime Adventure in the New World
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Rembrandt's House: Exploring the World of the Great Master
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published
1978
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9 editions
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In the Village
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published
1971
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7 editions
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“It was a masterpiece. Nobody bought it. (re: Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, 1844)”
― Standing in the Sun: A Biography of J.M.W.Turner
― Standing in the Sun: A Biography of J.M.W.Turner
“In 1846 on of his Academy exhibits was a painting called The Angel Standing in the Sun. Turner found this passage for the Academy catalogue in the Book of Revelation:
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, both free and bond, both small and great.
To reinforce the note of voracious doom, he added two lines from Samuel Rogers' Voyage of Columbus:
The morning march that flashes to the sun;
The feast of vultures when the day is done.”
― Standing in the Sun: A Biography of J.M.W.Turner
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, both free and bond, both small and great.
To reinforce the note of voracious doom, he added two lines from Samuel Rogers' Voyage of Columbus:
The morning march that flashes to the sun;
The feast of vultures when the day is done.”
― Standing in the Sun: A Biography of J.M.W.Turner
“Dutch trade continued to decline, and poverty was widespread - perhaps 700,000 out of the total 2 million inhabitants in the northern provinces were dependent on charity. Colonies of distressed city folk were founded in the peat districts of Groningen and Friesland. People emigrated in larger numbers than ever before to North America.”
― The Low Countries: A History
― The Low Countries: A History
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