DOG SHOW IN NEW YORK
Whippet wins Best in Show! Ch Courtenay Fleetfoot of Pennyworth
Senin, 15 Maret 2010
Tipperary Cup Meeting at Kisheelan 1921 (British Pathe video)
COURSING SEASON OPENS
A boy and his whippet run across a field, he lets the dog go. Another boy holds two more whippets in the field. Various shots as the dogs run about after hares. Various shots of the spectators, the camera pans across them. M/S of a man on a horse.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=18326
Austin Whippet Biplane 1919 (British Pathe video)
AUSTIN WHIPPET BIPLANE
Another video from British Pathe. I want one of these in my garage...
Whippet Racing 1915 (British Pathe video)
WHIPPET RACING
I love this video from British Pathe located at http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=75709. This is traditional whippet racing that shows what the early dog writers were refering to when they talked about the pick up and throw launch at the starting line and the waving rags at the finish line. Also interesting to note is that the dogs had to stay within their lane.
Sabtu, 27 Februari 2010
Created a New Blog
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I have been writing 4 blogs about gardens, women, art, & egos in early America for a while now.
I am often tempted to squeeze in a little editorial comment here & there; but so far, I have been unusually restrained.
However, I have now decided to resist temptation no longer and to share some more intimate visions of simple truths & everyday beauty in this personal blog.
If you are interested in visiting it is called It's About Time. Come on over & take a look...
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I have been writing 4 blogs about gardens, women, art, & egos in early America for a while now.
I am often tempted to squeeze in a little editorial comment here & there; but so far, I have been unusually restrained.
However, I have now decided to resist temptation no longer and to share some more intimate visions of simple truths & everyday beauty in this personal blog.
If you are interested in visiting it is called It's About Time. Come on over & take a look...
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Jumat, 05 Februari 2010
Big Hair, Ladder High
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In the 1760s, just before the greatest period of turmoil in the British American colonies, fashionable hairstyles for genteel English women began to climb toward the heavens. This new style, imported from France, became the commerical target of London's printsellers & caricaturists during the 1770s. Themes of a few of these hairdos refer to the unrest in the American colonies.
The relationship between England & France during this period was complex. People traveled back & forth between the countries imitating each other's culture & fashions. At the same time the governments were rivals in economic, colonial, constitutional, & religious sectors, & were at war for much of the 18th century. Satire was inevitable.
1771. Carrington Bowles, Miss Prattle Consulting Doctor Double Fee about her Pantheon Head Dress. London.
1771 & 1776. Sayer & Bennett. The Ridiculous Taste or the Ladies Absurdity. London.
1771. Matthew Darly. Boarding School Education or the Frenchified Young Lady. London.
1773. John Bowles. Is this my Daughter? New York Public Library.
1776. Carrington Bowles. Fashionable Dress for the Year 1776. London. Yale Center for British Art.
1776. Matthew Darly. Miss Juniper Fox. London.
1776. Matthew Darly. Noodle Island or How We Are Deceived. (On the Evacuation of Boston by Howe in March 1776.) London.
1776. Matthew Darly. The Extravaganza or the Mountain Head Dress of 1776. London.
1776. Anonymous. The Lady's Maid or the Toilet Head Dress. London.
1776. Matthew Darly. The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Featherd Lady. London. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
1777. Matthew Darly. Chloes's Cushion or the Cork Rump. London. (Notice the King Charles Spaniel on the rump.)
1777. Matthew Darly. The Green Stall (a Hairdo fit for Market Day). London.
1777, Matthew Darly. Long Corks or the Bottle Companions. London.
1777. Matthew Darly. Oh Heigh Oh or a View of the Back Settlements. London. (Today these backcountry posts are known as Ohio.)
1777. Matthew Darly. The Flower Garden. London.
1777. Matthew Darly. The Fruit Stall (Market Fruits Ready to be Eaten). London.
1777. J. Lockington. This Is Something New. (For the rainiest days.) London.
1777. Bunkers Hill or America's Head Dress. (That American Problem, again.) London.
There is a great article on big hair by Kate Haulman on the website Common-Place. (Thank you, Kristin Peszka.)
For more on London prints & printmakers.
For more on London satirical prints about fashion.
In the 1760s, just before the greatest period of turmoil in the British American colonies, fashionable hairstyles for genteel English women began to climb toward the heavens. This new style, imported from France, became the commerical target of London's printsellers & caricaturists during the 1770s. Themes of a few of these hairdos refer to the unrest in the American colonies.
The relationship between England & France during this period was complex. People traveled back & forth between the countries imitating each other's culture & fashions. At the same time the governments were rivals in economic, colonial, constitutional, & religious sectors, & were at war for much of the 18th century. Satire was inevitable.
1771. Carrington Bowles, Miss Prattle Consulting Doctor Double Fee about her Pantheon Head Dress. London.
1771 & 1776. Sayer & Bennett. The Ridiculous Taste or the Ladies Absurdity. London.
1771. Matthew Darly. Boarding School Education or the Frenchified Young Lady. London.
1773. John Bowles. Is this my Daughter? New York Public Library.
1776. Carrington Bowles. Fashionable Dress for the Year 1776. London. Yale Center for British Art.
1776. Matthew Darly. Miss Juniper Fox. London.
1776. Matthew Darly. Noodle Island or How We Are Deceived. (On the Evacuation of Boston by Howe in March 1776.) London.
1776. Matthew Darly. The Extravaganza or the Mountain Head Dress of 1776. London.
1776. Anonymous. The Lady's Maid or the Toilet Head Dress. London.
1776. Matthew Darly. The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Featherd Lady. London. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
1777. Matthew Darly. Chloes's Cushion or the Cork Rump. London. (Notice the King Charles Spaniel on the rump.)
1777. Matthew Darly. The Green Stall (a Hairdo fit for Market Day). London.
1777, Matthew Darly. Long Corks or the Bottle Companions. London.
1777. Matthew Darly. Oh Heigh Oh or a View of the Back Settlements. London. (Today these backcountry posts are known as Ohio.)
1777. Matthew Darly. The Flower Garden. London.
1777. Matthew Darly. The Fruit Stall (Market Fruits Ready to be Eaten). London.
1777. J. Lockington. This Is Something New. (For the rainiest days.) London. 
1777. Bunkers Hill or America's Head Dress. (That American Problem, again.) London. There is a great article on big hair by Kate Haulman on the website Common-Place. (Thank you, Kristin Peszka.)
For more on London prints & printmakers.
For more on London satirical prints about fashion.
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