David Sox
Description
Product Description The narrative begins with Quaker-born Dolley Madison, wife to the fourth United States President and then turns to Benjamin West,
...
painter of William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, who was George III's favourite painter and second President of the Royal Academy. Later we encounter modern artists with Quaker backgrounds: Joan Baez and James Michener among them: also practising Friends, Sheila Hancock, Judi Dench, Ben Kingsley, and Paul Eddington. About the Author David Sox, an American who has lived in England for a quarter of a century, formerly taught the history of art. Today he is an elder at Westminster Friends Meeting and lectures across the street at the National Portrait Gallery. His previous eight books have included several in the field of art as well as a recent biography of John Woolman.
Read more