The Sorrows of Gin

As our culture continues its decline, we celebrate the decadence of women, cocktails and classic American style.

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Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917 - 2009)

"Olson House", 1966.

Watercolor

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Scene from The Last of the Mohicans: Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund by Thomas Cole, 1827.

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An exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. Photographed by Slim Aarons.

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[dailyrothko]

Mark Rothko, No. 7 or No. 11, 1949

Oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

© 2020 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/ars

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Moses Back From His Walk (2020)

by British Impressionist artist, Peter Brown

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[rickinmar]

classic Connecticut gambrel roofed cape from about 1750…this one in Old Lyme…

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Airlie Monument - Kirriemuir, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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“I know my grandmother and grandfather are very fond of her. They thought she was just right for [William]. My grandmother liked Kate as soon as they met.” - Zara Philips

[nycnostalgia]

The Guggenheim, 1978

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Times Square at Night, 1965

Mickey Crisp

[ltwilliammowett]

The Rime of the ancient Mariner, by Gustave Doré, 1866

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[classicalcanvas]

Title: The Advance

Artist: Frederic Remington

Date: 1898

Style: Impressionism

Genre: Genre Painting

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Joan MIRÓ (1893 - 1983)

Intérieur hollandais II (1928, huile sur toile, Venise, Peggy Guggenheim Collection)

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A Map of the State of New Jersey, 9/25/1812

File Unit: United States, 1784 - 1890

Series: Civil Works Map File, 1818 - 1947

Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999

Image description: A map of New Jersey, with the counties outlined in various colors. It shows towns, roads, waterways, mountains, “drowned lands,” and Lawrence’s Line, the dividing line between East and West Jersey drawn by Lawrence in 1743. 

Image description: Zoomed-in view of the portion of the map showing Newark (just north of current Port Newark), New Barbados (now the Kearny Point area), Bergen (now Jersey City), and a bit of New York, which has about five streets drawn on the very tip of Manhattan.