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Andrew W. Mellon: The Life of Business and the Business of Life

Andrew W. Mellon: The Life of Business and the Business of LifeSept. 20 (Thursday)

7:30 p.m.  Free

 

Andrew W. Mellon belonged to a remarkable generation of American businessmen that included John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, and Henry Huntington. Professor Sir David Cannadine of Princeton University will describe Mellon’s remarkable and varied career as a banker, industrialist, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, art collector, and founder of the National Gallery of Art. Free. No reservations required. Friends’ Hall.





Royals

Royals, Courtiers, and Confidants: Early English Portrait Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections

Royals, Courtiers, and Confidants: Early English Portrait Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections
 

July 28 - Oct. 29, 2012
 

This focused exhibition on 16th- and 17th-century portrait drawings features pastel sketches, miniature graphite drawings, and pen and ink drawings by artists such as Peter Lely, William Faithorne, and Peter Oliver.



Garden Talk and Plant Sale: Every Second Thursday of every month!

 

 

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