by David L. Witt | Oct 23, 2023 | Gallery, Seton Artwork
All illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton; above: detail of ALL #362 Seton landed several early design commissions, including one for a series of bird illustrations in 1881. This soon led to more challenging assignments. Comparing his rendering ability in 1881 to...
by David L. Witt | Sep 18, 2023 | Seton Biography
Illustration by Ernest Thompson Seton, 1884 Taming of this Shrew is not a Seton wildlife story, although the daily grind of a Shrew hunting for worms and spiders might have been interesting. (Or not?) This particular little animal hero was given the special...
by David L. Witt | Aug 15, 2023 | Curator's Notes
Witch Hunt from photos.com On this date in 1040, the future Scot King known to us as MacBeth defeated a rival boss Duncan I to become to new boss—for 17 years until he met the same fate as Duncan. There is always a faster gun in town, at least eventually, and you are...
by David L. Witt | Aug 9, 2023 | Curator's Notes
Edinburgh Castle: JÖrg Angeli on unsplash.com If I have my geography even partially figured out, then, that part of Scotland bordering the North Sea, East Lothian, has been assigned a number of names: The Kingdom of Gododdin in the 500s (a Brittonic people of ancient...
by David L. Witt | Aug 9, 2023 | Curator's Notes
gray castle beside river by Mathias Reding on unsplash.com Historians fantasize about getting their favorite characters from history into a room where they (the historians) can discuss with the characters (now dead people) what really happened way back when. Here are...
