Traveling South by Night

Reverend Benjamin Franklin Perkins

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Knots, Richard S. Buswell, gelatin silver print
A black and white photograph of the Gamble Room at the "Designing the V&A" exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England. The Gamble is one of the three cafe or restaurant style display mirroring the original cafes of the museum. The photograph features ornate composite columns supporting semicircular Roman arches. The room is filled with small round white tables occupied by blurry figures. Above the tables three white moon like large white circular lamps hang. The back wall is illuminated by the three stain glass windows. All walls and the ceiling are covered in carved, painted and intricate decorations adding to the grandeur of the space.
George Washington Chopping Down Cherry Tree, Fred Webster, painted wood
Polychrome (yellow, green, blue, and pink) in abstract form applied to center of paper