tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post1984459639510360226..comments2023-10-12T07:13:01.637-04:00Comments on The American Literary Blog: Drama between Bird and ForrestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-19031288118075912582010-02-12T15:31:59.737-05:002010-02-12T15:31:59.737-05:00Yeah, Sully's worth a mention. He was a pretty...Yeah, Sully's worth a mention. He was a pretty prolific portrait painter, including some notables, and very much a member of the nineteenth-century "scene."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-23346331399132515792010-02-12T15:02:00.744-05:002010-02-12T15:02:00.744-05:00George Frederick Cooke? That's one I actually ...George Frederick Cooke? That's one I actually don't know! (Though, to save face, I do know Thomas Sully... maybe I'll give him a day on the blog too.)Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-72351388105774291852010-02-12T11:57:35.833-05:002010-02-12T11:57:35.833-05:00Hello Rob,
Love the new blog, Rob! Thanks for con...Hello Rob,<br /><br />Love the new blog, Rob! Thanks for continuing after the Poe Bicentennial. Today's column about Bird and Forrest called to mind another nineteenth-century actor, the notorious George Frederick Cooke. The Pennsylvania Collection of Fine Arts in Philadelphia has a fine Thomas Sully portrait of him in the role of Richard III.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com