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Virginia Landscapes: Sublime & Picturesque
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![Virginia Landscapes A painting titled "Near Harpers Ferry" by Andrew Melrose](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/VirginiaLandscapes_SublimeLandscape_nearharpersferry-2013-86-5.jpeg.webp?itok=mg9wVGwu)
Thomas Jefferson wrote that Natural Bridge is “the most sublime of nature’s works”: “It is impossible for the emotions...
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What Lies Beneath: Examining Cranstone's Slave Auction, Virginia
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![What Lies Beneath: Examining Cranstone's Slave Auction, Virginia A painting titled "Slave Auction, Virginia" by Lefevre J. Cranstone.](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/WhatLiesBeneath_SlaveAuction.1991.70_sm.jpeg.webp?itok=XLumnW0x)
The museum world is brimming with tales of curators sleuthing to discover intriguing stories that lay beneath the...