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A little more Marcus Lüpertz at the Hirshhorn Museum. The paintings have a bracing ambition. #waterfordvaresidency #marcuslupertz #hirshhornmuseum

[danielduford]

High tea at the plantation. #drawing #waterfordvaresidency #johnbrownshead

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Old John the old oak on Phillips Farm in Waterford. I've been visiting this elder almost everyday I've been here. Here is one from today's sketchbook. #waterfordvaresidency #watercolor #sketchbook #oaktree #phillipsfarm

[danielduford]

Good morning! North Meadows Farm after a thunder and lightning storm last night. This is the view from the porch. My heart goes out to Portland where it's sweltering. This thunder storm just cooled everything off here. #waterfordvaresidency #watercolor #landscape #waterfordvillage #sketchbook

[danielduford]

John Brown captured in Harpers Ferry. History painting by way of wax diorama. #watercolor #johnbrown #waterfordvaresidency #harpersferry #abolitionist

[danielduford]

A pastoral visit. 1881 by Richard Norris Brooke. A painter from nearby Warrenton, VA. His aim was to depict free blacks with the same dignity that French painters depicted rural subjects. It's a sentimental genre painting but a far cry from most 19th century images. #waterfordvaresidency #nationalgallery #americanpainting #richardnorrisblake

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Border vigilance. Free black family's house in Waterford. Vigilance groups patrolled the town's edge for "escaped" slaves. #waterfordvaresidency #devildogs #vigilancegroups #waterfordvirginia #watercolor

[danielduford]

Terrible swift sword. #watercolor #waterfordvaresidency #johnbrownsbody #civilwar

[danielduford]

Open empire's maw. Jefferson Rock. Harpers Ferry. #watercolor #waterfordvaresidency #jeffersonrock #harpersferry

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The peculiar institution. John Wesley meeting house. #waterfordvaresidency #abolitionists #waterfordvirginia #drawing

[danielduford]

Catoctin we hardly knew you. #waterfordvaresidency #drawing #catoctin

[danielduford]

The Waterford Baptist Church. During the Civil War the Loudoun Rangers, a union battalion from Waterford fought against Confederate soldiers from the rest of the county. The Confederates prevailed and brothers on both sides almost killed each other. Bullet holes still grace the brick walls. I can't help but think that the Confederacy won. Trump, Sessions et al are nothing if not unreconstructed Confederates. #waterfordvaresidency #waterfordvirginia #civilwar #quakerhistory #abolitionists #sketchbook #inkdrawing

[danielduford]

Studio research. #johnbrown #harpersferry #abolitionists #waterfordvirginia #jacoblawrence #quakers #civilwar #waterfordvaresidency

[danielduford]

Calling on the spirit of Lincoln to crush the thugs occupying our government. It's still possible to believe in democracy outlasting this Confederacy of Crooks. #lincolnmemorial #resistanceisnecessary #theconfederacyisaliveandwellinthegop #johnbrownsbody #waterfordvaresidency

[danielduford]

Marcus Lüpertz at The Phillips Collection. This was an unexpected knockout show. #marcuslupertz #thephillipscollection #waterfordvaresidency #painting

[danielduford]

Jacob Lawrence at The Phillips Collection. #jacoblawrence #migrationseries #waterfordvaresidency