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The Solace Project

Carrie Rebora Barratt

Art and Nature change my mind. We’ll reckon with America, talking about paintings that capture complex stories of the past. I find solace in close looking, rethinking, revealing early America. Listen in. carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project #16

The Solace Project ·

2021/05/23

Hello Friends,Today we walk to Boston to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard, yes Ralph pronounced “Rafe,” in a portrait by Copley that could take a lifetime to examine and discern. We won’t take that long, it’s much too nice out to spend too much time, but a close look will be so rewarding, I promise.First off, a bit about husbands and wives in colonial British portraits. Copley painted hundreds of people in Boston and vicinity, many of them pictures meant to hang side together in an entry hall or a

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14:41

The Solace Project #15

The Solace Project ·

2021/05/17

Hello Friends,Today we’ll talk about a provocative portrait of Sarah Sargent Allen, painted by John Singleton Copley in 1763, the provocation being her gaze, her behavior in her picture, her relationship with her husband, Nathaniel Allen, insofar as we can gauge from their two portraits. I hear that many of you like to listen to my Sunday newsletter, it’s an absolute pleasure to read to you. Yet today, there are more pictures than usual, so I encourage you to listen, if you want, and look at the

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The Solace Project #14

The Solace Project ·

2021/05/09

Dear Friends,For Mother’s Day, let’s go to The Huntington in beautiful San Marino, California, to look at Ralph Earl’s portrait of Mary Anna Boardman with her son, William.First of all, Happy Mothers Day to all of us who are mothers and all of us who have mothers and all of us who take care of anyone or anything. That would be all of us. Sometimes, I like to deep sigh and say “if it’s not one thing, it’s your mother,” usually not meaning mine, often hoping that my own two daughters are simply glad

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #13

The Solace Project ·

2021/05/03

I’m celebrating Mother’s Day a week early and again next week. Today, let’s talk about a mama from late seventeenth century Boston and learn a bit about her life through her portrait at the Worcester Art Museum, a picture always tells a thousand words.Be well,Carrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #12

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/25

This week peace treaties that are never really finished, a group of men who didn’t like one another, and Benjamin West’s accurate non-finito portrayal of a treaty that was done before it even began. Westward Ho!Be well,Carrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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20:58

The Solace Project Podcast Episode #11

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/19

Today, the Hero’s Journey of George Berkeley and John Smibert, who had to go all the way to Italy to meet, and all the way to America to find their way home. Be well,Carrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #9

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/16

Happy Easter if you celebrate it, this week I’m taking a bit of a break, drove to Chicago to visit my mother and want to tell you about two very wonderful paintings by her.Be well,Carrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #7

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/16

Today, 19th century cooking with Mark Bittman, helping me look closely at a painting by Lilly Martin Spencer, the finest female artist in America. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #5

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/16

Today, we’re going to late 18th century Baltimore, a visit to see Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming as painted by Charles Willson Peale, fruits, flowers, outdoors, a huge parrot, and an erotic telescope. Be well,Carrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #4

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/16

This week, let’s skate with Gilbert Stuart and William Grant on the Serpentine in London. Grant said “it’s a much better day for skating than for sitting for one’s portrait.” I’d say it’s almost always a better day to be outside than to be sitting.Warmly,Carrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #1

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/16

Today an introduction to the podcast, what is The Solace Project, and why is Hannah Winthrop holding a piece of fruit in her portrait by John Singleton Copley? Click the handy link to listen in “podcasts” and all of my audio will show up in a handy list. Be well,Carrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #3

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/15

Happy Birthday, George. Today I’ll talk about lies and myths, cherries, Grant Wood and Mason Locke Weems, both in the business of giving a president to remember. Until next week, keep walking, visit a museum, look closely with curiosity and courageCarrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #2

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/15

Hannah Fayerweather Winthrop, a colonial woman with a garden of stone fruit, has much to tell us about love, marriage, death, independence and friendship. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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The Solace Project Podcast Episode #10

The Solace Project ·

2021/04/15

Today, a flower girl—not the kind that precedes the bride in a wedding. I’ll tell you about the language of flowers, the oldest profession, and artistic ambition. Be well,Carrie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carriereborabarratt.substack.com

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