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Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins), 1824-89, English novelist. Although trained as a lawyer, he spent most of his life writing, producing some 30 novels. He is best known for two mystery stories, The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868), which are considered the first full-length... Read more
William Mulready William Mulready
William Mulready , 1786-1863, Irish genre painter. He began as a drawing master and an illustrator of children's books. After 1809 he devoted himself to genre subjects and gained a considerable reputation. His popular paintings show the influences of Sir David Wilkie and of the Dutch school.... Read more
John Phillip John Phillip
Phillip, John (b Aberdeen, 19 Apr. 1817; d London, 27 Feb. 1867). Scottish painter, active mainly in London. He began as a specialist in paintings of Scottish life and character in the manner of Wilkie, but following visits to Spain in 1851, 1856, and 1860 he became celebrated for picturesque... Read more
Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber 1948-, British theatrical composer. A member of a successful musical family, he began composing musicals as a teenager; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968) was an early work done in collaboration with the lyricist Tim Rice. Lloyd Webber's spectacular string of... Read more
Sir David Wilkie Sir David Wilkie
Sir David Wilkie 1785-1841, Scottish genre painter. He studied in Edinburgh and at the Royal Academy and won early popularity with his admirable little scenes of everyday life. Anecdotal painting was established in England with Wilkie's success. After traveling on the Continent, he turned to... Read more
genre genre
genre , in art-history terminology, a type of painting dealing with unidealized scenes and subjects of everyday life. Although practiced in ancient art, as shown by Pompeiian frescoes, and in the Middle Ages, genre was not recognized as worthy and independent subject matter until the 16th cent. in... Read more
Sir George Hayter Sir George Hayter
Hayter, Sir George (b London, 17 Dec. 1792; d London, 18 Jan. 1871). English historical and portrait painter. The son of a miniaturist, Charles Hayter (1761–1835), he studied at the Royal Academy Schools and in Rome. In 1837 he was appointed portrait and history painter to Queen ... Read more
mystery mystery
mystery or mystery story, literary genre in which the cause (or causes) of a mysterious happening, often a crime, is gradually revealed by the hero or heroine; this is accomplished through a mixture of intelligence, ingenuity, the logical interpretation of evidence, and sometimes sheer luck. ... Read more
dark horse dark horse
dark horse in U.S. politics, a person unexpectedly chosen by a major party as a candidate for public office, especially for the presidency. A presidential dark horse is usually chosen at a party national convention and often has acquired only a local or limited reputation at the time of his... Read more
pinto horse pinto horse
pinto horse American light horse , characterized by large, irregular color markings—most commonly black (or dark) and white. Horses of this pattern, known regionally as "paints" [Span. pinto =painted] were favored by the buffalo hunters of the American Great Plains. Although the pinto... Read more

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[ Steve Neal, Chicago's premiere political columnist for decades... ]
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...junkies and for his books that ranged from a biography of Wendell Wilkie to the correspondence between Eleanor Roosevelt...be published. He was also the author of Dark Horse: A Biography of Wendell ...
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Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...and Tiffany. Neal note . . . President Bush, a fan of Sun-Times political editor Steve Neal's Dark Horse, a biography of Wendell Wilkie, describes it as superb with "a lot of lessons for modern times." And Bush says Neal's previous...

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