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Reverse Glass Painting
Painting a scene in reverse is not something everyone can do! This image depicts the Alfred University campus (Rogers Observatory, Alumni Hall, The Gothic, and The Brick) in the late 1860s and is done in the eglomise-painting style, a centuries-old … Continue reading
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Tagged Alumni Hall, Campus, Painting, Rogers Observatory, The Brick, The Gothic
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Early University Campus
This beautiful oil painting depicts the University campus, looking east, circa 1865. It’s attributed to Hannah P. Brown, an Alfred University student at that time. The image includes, from the left, the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, North Hall (men’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alumni Hall, Buildings, Oil paintings, Rogers Observatory, Sesquicentennial, Seventh Day Baptist, The Brick, The Gothic
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Rogers Observatory
“At Alfred’s birth [1836], the universe was a far different place. It was centered on the Solar System and its then-seven planets, and the surrounding galaxies of stars. The first accurate measurement of a stellar distance had not even … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, John Stull, Rogers Observatory, Stull Observatory, William A. Rogers
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