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Rare painting discovered in the treasure trove home of a Glasgow arts patron could fetch six figure sum at auction

Painting found at Glasgow home of Dr Helen Cargill Thompson could fetch six figure sum at auction
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Painting discovered in the Glasgow home of late arts patron Dr Helen Cargill Thompson could fetch six figure sum at auction
SHE was the last of a wealthy Scottish merchants’ family whose contribution to the Glasgow art world and generations of new artists cannot be underestimated.
Dr Helen Cargill Thompson died in October 2020 leaving a treasure trove of contemporary art, books and silver in her family home in the West End of Glasgow.
The arts patron left her house and its furniture to the National Trust for Scotland upon her death. Her vast collections of contemporary art has been auctioned off all with the intent of continuing her legacy of helping future generations. ....

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All Over The Map: The surprising number of Washington towns inspired by first names

All Over The Map: The surprising number of Washington towns inspired by first names
January 15, 2021 at 9:36 am
George, Washington is along I-90 in Grant County and is named in honor of the first name of the state s namesake; nearby is George Lake and Martha Lake. (USGS Archives)
Names for communities in Washington are inspired by many things – nods to obvious nearby geographic features, nostalgia for faraway hometowns of settlers, memorials to Indigenous leaders, remembrances for slain presidents, tributes to military figures and sometimes, of course, just the glory of the community’s settlers themselves.
The town of Marcus in Stevens County falls into this last category. Marcus was founded in the 1860s by W.V. Brown and Marcus Oppenheimer. The two men, and perhaps one of Oppenheimer’s brothers, took over barracks that had been abandoned by the British Boundary Commission, the military surveyors who spent about four years physically marki ....

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