|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
|
George Romney
George Romney , 1734-1802, English portrait painter, b. Lancashire. Having had little early training, Romney went to London in 1762, where he rapidly became a popular and fashionable portrait painter. He studied in Italy (1773-75), and returned to England to rival Reynolds in popularity. In 1783,... Read more |
|
National Politics
NATIONAL POLITICS: 1968 ELECTIONS The Republican Nomination Race Romney Leads Early. After the resounding defeat of presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 the Republican Party was left leaderless and seemed moribund. One bright spot in that year, when many Republican... Read more |
|
Consulting services
Mitt Romney (Willard Mitt Romney) rŏm´nē , 1947-, American politician and business executive, b. Detroit, Mich., grad. Brigham Young Univ. (B.A., 1971), Harvard (M.B.A., 1975, J.D., 1975); the son of George W. Romney, a prominent automobile industry executive and Republican... Read more |
|
Royal Society of Arts
Royal Society of Arts. Founded in 1754 by William Shipley, a drawing-master from Northampton, supported by Viscount Folkestone and Lord Romney. Its objective was to ‘encourage Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’ and the method was to raise funds by subscription in order to award... Read more |
|
Mixtec
Mixtec , Native American people of Oaxaca, Puebla, and part of Guerrero, SW Mexico, one of the most important groups in Mexico. Although the Mixtec codices constitute the largest collection of pre-Columbian manuscripts in existence, their origin is obscure. Before the arrival (700?) of the Toltec ... Read more |
|
|
Emma Lady Hamilton
Emma Hamilton, Lady 1765?-1815, mistress of the British naval hero Horatio Nelson . Born Emma Lyon, she became the mistress of Charles Greville, then of Sir William Hamilton , ambassador to Naples, whom she married (1791). She gained enormous influence with Neapolitan Queen Marie Caroline. Her... Read more |
|
Ozias Humphry
Humphry, Ozias (b Honiton, Devon, 8 Sept. 1742; d London, 9 Mar. 1810). English portrait painter. He worked for a time as a miniaturist in Bath, but settled in London in 1764 on the encouragement of Reynolds. In 1772 a riding accident that affected his eyes made him abandon miniatures and after a... Read more |
|
Cinque Ports
Cinque Ports [O. Fr.,=five ports], name applied to an association of maritime towns in Sussex and Kent, SE England. They originally numbered five: Hastings, Romney (now New Romney), Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich. The association was informally organized in the 11th cent., and a formal charter was... Read more |
|
Kent
Kent county (1991 pop. 1,485,600), 1,525 sq mi (3,950 sq km), SE England. It lies between the Thames estuary and the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone . The Isle of Sheppey is separated from the north coast by the narrow Swale channel. The chalky North Downs cross the county from... Read more |
|
John Raphael Smith
Smith, John Raphael (b Derby, 1752; d Doncaster, 2 Mar. 1812). English printmaker, publisher, painter, and draughtsman, son of a landscape painter, Thomas Smith of Derby (d 1767). He was one of the leading printmakers of the day, producing (most notably) numerous plates after portraits by... Read more |
No reference documents or articles match the search term Rath Group collects 105000 from Romney
Suggestions: