The Mistick Krewe of Comus, founded in 1856, is a New Orleans Carnival krewe. It is the oldest continuous organization of New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities. Comus is the Greek god of revelry, merrymaking and […]
Tag: 19th Century
(Art) Female Representation & Sargent’s The Misses Vickers
This is The Misses Vickers (1884) by English painter John Singer Sargent. I’ve said before that no artist mastered the female portrait quite like Sargent. Others have produced different, equally sublime works, but I’m not […]
