User talk:Londonjackbooks



Merry Christmas & Season's Greetings! Some rich broas for anyone who might visit this page

WP Poetry and The Canterbury Tales task force
As someone who is listed as a participant for WikiProject Poetry, I hope you will be interested to learn of an attempt to revive the WP and alongside this the creation of task force to improve coverage of The Canterbury Tales. We are currently looking for participants to help set up the basics. Please get involved if you can, and we can hopefully revive this important project within Wikipedia! Many thanks, MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 18:32, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks for Coates

 * Thank you for the encouragement :) Londonjackbooks (talk) 23:34, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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A beer for you!

 * I've enjoyed reading the Florence Earle Coates poetry you posted. My interest in Edward Coates stems from his involvement with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and his relationship with Thomas Eakins. No personal connection or insights, but I am impressed by what an extraordinary couple they were. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 23:13, 23 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for sharing the references. I look forward to reading the articles.
 * I love being able to associate a work of art with the likely inspiration for that work. PAFA doesn't often have William Trost Richard's Old Ocean's Gray and Melancholy Waste (1885) on display, but I remember the undulating effect of its waves. The fact that the Coates[es] owned the painting for nearly 40 years, and that it may have inspired Florence to write "Mid-Ocean" is wonderful to know.
 * I am curious about John McLure Hamilton's 1912 portrait of Florence. Do you think it was a pendant to the portrait of Edward? == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 10:52, 24 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Hamilton's portrait of Edward was featured at PAFA's 1913 Annual Exhibition: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112113997446;view=1up;seq=167 Oddly, Violet Oakley's portrait of Florence (not Hamilton's) was in the same exhibition.
 * Thank you for the info on Florence's portrait. Judging from auction prices, these Gilded Age portraits are not valued very highly (unless it's a "name" artist). == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 13:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)


 * The Smithsonian has no listing for Hamilton's portrait of Florence Earle Coates. But I did find a 1911 medallion awarded to her: http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1J511Y1829044.1943&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=&term=Florence+Coates&index=.GW&aspect=Keyword&term=&index=.AW&term=&index=.TW&term=&index=.SW&term=&index=.FW&term=&index=.OW&term=&index=.NW&x=8&y=12 == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 15:01, 26 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for re-adding the link on the Fairman Rogers article. I hope I didn't mess up your first attempt. If so, it was unintentional. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:10, 26 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you. The same to you. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 23:18, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

PAFA seems to be perpetually struggling. My uncle, a graduate of the school, claimed that as many people now visit for the architecture (Frank Furness) as for the art. A couple years ago, PAFA sold one of its two Edward Hoppers to create an endowment to buy contemporary art, a move that was highly unpopular with the public. Donors may give individual paintings, but recently two large collections that might have been expected to go to PAFA were given to a local university and went to a NYC auction house. And it doesn't help that the giant Philadelphia Museum of Art is just a mile away.

The display cases of sculpture in the Hamilton Buildings are unfortunate. PAFA's school used to be housed in a building on the opposite side of Broad Street, that was demolished for the Pennsylvania Convention Center's expansion. The money PAFA had went into renovating the adjacent building for the school. A shame the sculpture remains so poorly displayed.

If you should visit Philadelphia again, please let me know. I enjoy showing off my home town. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 17:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)


 * More on PAFA's Hopper deaccession:  == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 17:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
To You and Yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 20:59, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Re: help desk question Suggestion
You might try the Reliable sources noticeboard. WP:RSN They might be able to advise you. Also, at WP:The Wikipedia Library, there may be information of use to you. IMO, compiling a list of sources is not original research! Good luck... Tribe of Tiger (talk) 20:44, 13 April 2016 (UTC) Sorry, I'm a newbie,and didn't understand how to let you know I posted this at the Help Desk. Think I have figured it out now.Tribe of Tiger (talk) 20:44, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Florence Earle Coates
Copying this here, since you did all the prep work on it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:08, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:28, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Best Wishes
 Londonjackbooks,

'''I wish you the best this holiday season.

May the new year bring you nearer to your dreams.

BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 23:58, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Seasons' Greetings
...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:45, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Belated best wishes for a happy 2018
I received the catalogue for World War I and American Art for Christmas, and am loving flipping thru it. I hope you enjoyed the holidays. Best, == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:31, 16 January 2018 (UTC)


 * One of the curators of WWI and American Art was on C-Span this afternoon. (The touring exhibition closed today in Nashville, Tennessee.) This inspired me to look more closely at the catalogue and to read the first and last essays. Wonderful and sad. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 02:24, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Looking for something to do with the last half-hour of my day. I'll give it a read! Londonjackbooks (talk) 02:29, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

You might enjoy …
… what I've been working on: List of American painters exhibiting at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. I thought of you when I got to the William Trost Richards section. Best, == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 14:09, 7 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I am interested, and will take a closer look! Always looking for artwork to accompany tweets about the poetry of Florence Earle Coates. Her poems lend themselves well to art/paintings, and the time period is just right! Thanks for the heads up :) Londonjackbooks (talk) 18:27, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Wistar Party of Philadelphia
Hello, I saw your mention of the Wistar Party on Twitter. I bookmarked the Centenary link you shared to perhaps pickup as something to work on in the future. For the time being, I added a citation to Caspar Wistar (physician) – the namesake and early host of the parties. Cheers, Ckoerner (talk) 21:54, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
 * That's great! Thank you for that :) I look forward to seeing what else I can come up with to create a WP page, and perhaps even adding the text itself to Wikisource at some point. Have a great day! Londonjackbooks (talk) 22:53, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Xmas

 * 2018 XMAS.pdf FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:42, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 03:19, 23 December 2019 (UTC)