Famous American men and women; a complete portrait gallery of celebrated people, whose names are prominent in the annals of the time, each portrait accompanied by an authentic biographical sketch, secured by personal interview--the whole forming a text book of national character.

Afterwards reissued under title: Eminent sons and daughters of Columbia.

The Director, a weekly literary journal: containing I. Essays, on subjects of literature, the fine arts and manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of rare and curious books and of the book sales in this country, from the close of the seventeenth century. III. Royal institution. Analyses of the lectures delivered weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the principal pictures exhibited ... v. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807.

"The biographical part was written by Mr. Dibdin."--Lowndes, The bibliographer's manual of English literature.

Family guide : the winter holidays : National Gallery of Art.

Mode of access: Internet.

Pottery from the Index of American Design : National Gallery of Art color slide program.

Shipping list no.: 96-0088-P.

New programs : National Gallery of Art extension programs catalogue supplement.

Shipping list no.: 90-207-P.

A guide to the mineral gallery.

Mode of access: Internet.

Pictures for ... from the Royal Academy and New Gallery.

Mode of access: Internet.

Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition of Spanish old masters in support of National Gallery funds and for the benefit of the Sociedad de Amigos del Arte Española, Oct. 1913 to Jan. 1914.

Mode of access: Internet.

Catalogue of the portraits of distinguished naval commanders : and representations of their warlike achievements : exhibited in the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital.

Mode of access: Internet.

An Australian Idol of Modernist Consumerism: Minnie Tittell Brune and the Gallery Girls

The Australian career of the young American actor Minnie Tittell Brune exemplifies the complex cultural and economic forces operating on the institution of live theatre at the beginning of the twentieth century. Brune focalizes the contemporary processes which reconstituted the international institution of mass entertainment out of the traditional cultural practices of theatre. The theatrical star is seen as both engaging with and resisting the commodification of her labour power; image and talent resulting from her ambiguous industrial role as magnetic 'star' and as managerial commodity. However, the iconic and affective power of the actor evokes strong attachment from significant sections of the newly heterosocial popular audience, in particular from the gallery girls, the young female audience who idolized Brune as a performative personality enacting social self-realization and glamorous transformation. Through reading Brume's repertoire, her social persona as 'star' and her 'emotional' performative style, it is demonstrated how artistic retro-glamour, religious evangelicalism and discourses of sexuality and femininity serve to manage theatre's move into the mass-entertainment age.

Exploring Visitors' Perceptions of Art Gallery Festivals

The contemporary directions of art galleries worldwide are changing as social patterns and demands, and visitor expectations of their experiences at art galleries change. New programs and strategies are being developed in galleries to make these institutions more appealing to people who would not normally visit them. One such strategy is the staging of special events, which in galleries take a variety of forms. As special events are increasingly being employed by galleries to inspire new audiences, it is important that these institutions develop an awareness of how their visitors understand and respond to such events. Festivals are one type of special event that visitors identify as having a distinct role and nature. This paper explores visitors’ perceptions of festivals in art galleries and identifies several characteristics that distinguish festivals from other special events. These characteristics include the focus of the event, the audience attending, the degree of interactivity offered, the timing, and the place at which the event is staged. Understanding visitors’ perceptions and expectations of festivals will enable galleries to develop and further enhance their programs and special events to meet visitors’ needs.

Strong localization of whispering gallery modes in an optical fiber via asymmetric perturbation of the translation symmetry

Recently introduced Surface Nanoscale Axial Photonics (SNAP) is based on whispering gallery modes circulating around the optical FIber surface and undergoing slow axial propagation. In this paper we develop the theory of propagation of whispering gallery modes in a SNAP microresonator, which is formed by nanoscale asymmetric perturbation of the FIber translation symmetry and called here a nanobump microresonator. The considered modes are localized near a closed stable geodesic situated at the FIber surface. A simple condition for the stability of this geodesic corresponding to the appearance of a high Q-factor nanobump microresonator is found. The results obtained are important for engineering of SNAP devices and structures.

Reflectionless potentials for slow whispering gallery modes in surface nanoscale axial photonic fiber resonators

We consider an optical fiber with a nanoscale variation of the effective fiber radius that supports whispering gallery modes slowly propagating along the fiber, and reveal that the radius variation can be designed to support the reflectionless propagation of these modes. We show that reflectionless modulations can realize control of the transmission amplitude and temporal delay, while enabling close packing due to the absence of cross talk, in contrast to the conventional potentials.

Meridel Le Seur speaking at a gallery

Inscription: Verso: Cerwidden Salon, New York.