"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

03 April 2019

Happy Birthday, Irving

Jarvis, Washington Irving, 1809


Washington Irving was born on this day in 1783.

There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed.

Washington Irving

The "Artist's Edition" of Irving's masterpiece, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., is HERE.

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