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Kerr made pictures of First Nations people, portraits, towns, wild animals and the landscapes of the prairies and Ontario. He drew in charcoal and ink, and painted in oil, acrylic and watercolour. Kerr also made prints with woodblock, linoblock, monotype and silkscreen. [5] Kerr's work has a two-dimensional quality.
Kanifing is the main commercial area of the Gambia, [13] and is the district with the highest concentration of industry, hosting a large industrial estate. Most of the Gambia's hotels and coastal resorts lie within the municipality, as does Independence Stadium , the national football stadium.
Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow is the daughter of businessman Abdoulie Bah and Isatou Jallow. She is a member of the Fula Ethnic group. [2] She spent her childhood in Basse with her two siblings, attending St. George's School.
Bearwood or Bear Wood, Sindlesham, Berkshire, England is a Victorian country house built for John Walter, the owner of The Times.The architect was Robert Kerr and the house was constructed between 1865 and 1874.
John Hunter Kerr (1820–1874) was a Scottish-born grazier, amateur photographer and collector of Indigenous artefacts in Victoria, Australia, during the mid-nineteenth century. He was the fourth son of Captain A R. Kerr, R.N., C B, and brother of Vice-Admiral R. Kerr. [ 2 ]
The book won the Shincho Gakugei literature award in 1994. Kerr was the first non-Japanese winner. [3] [4] [5]Damian Flanagan of The Japan Times wrote, "A fascinating chronicle of Kerr’s diverse interactions with the country, the book spans such subjects as restoring a traditional Japanese house in the Iya Valley in Shikoku to collecting Japanese antiques often found languishing unloved in ...
Whitemarsh Hall was an estate owned by banking executive Edward T. Stotesbury and his wife, Eva, on 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of land in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States. [2] Designed by the Gilded Age architect Horace Trumbauer , it was built in 1921 and demolished in 1980.
The estate is enclosed by an iron fence that is entered through a gateway with a giant letter "K" above it. Central to the estate is Xanadu proper, the castle-like mansion that served as Kane's home and repository for his enormous collection of antiquities and objets d'art. Xanadu has a butler and at least a few dozen footmen and maidservants ...