San Francisco Review of Books: Painting of the Day: 'James Wilkinson' by John Wesley Jarvis

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

James Wilkinson by John Wesley Jarvis, 1820s

Painting of the Day: Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duke of Marlborough, and Their Children by John Singer Sargent

Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duke of Marlborough, and Their Children by John Singer Sargent , 1905
Book Review: 'The Art of the Political Putdown: The Greatest Comebacks, Ripostes, and Retorts in History' by Chris Lamb and Will Moredock
Book Review: 'Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far' by Paul A. Offit
Book Review: 'The Bat (The Red Grouse Tales)' by Leslie W.P. Garland
Person of the Day: Benjamin Franklin

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790), American diplomat, statesman and scientist, was born on the 17th of January 1706 in a house in Milk ...