Since 1961 James Reeve has been exhibiting and selling his paintings, first in Florence, then in Madrid. From 1974 onwards he has traveled widely, often with subsequent London gallery exhibitions. Here he vividly describes and illustrates the characters he meets, and the adventures unfold along the way--in Haiti, Madagascar, India, Australia, Jordan, the Republic of Yemen, and Mexico. ​His cousin, the historian Antonia Fraser, once remarked in a letter to him: "Dearest James, When God gave you your great artistic talent She made a big mistake, contrary to what is generally thought. This is because you are really meant to be a brilliant writer." And so now, badgered by Fraser and other writer friends, Reeve has at last put his talents together in a series of self-contained short stories recalling travels, anecdotes, and encounters, vividly illustrated through his colorful vignettes. Always travelling with the purpose of work, in Italy James meets Mrs. Acton, the mother of Harold Acton. He meets Princess Elizabeth of Toro in Uganda and is captured by pygmies in the Congo forest. He paints the fearsome Mrs. Gilbert Miller's portrait in Palm Beach and travels in Rajas­than with Diana Wordsworth, a last relic of the Raj. At last, weary of wan­dering, he discovers a distant cloud-forest village in Mexico. There he built a house and stayed for the next thirty-five years. Accompanied by beautiful original illustrations, Travels of a Painter is a colorful collection of short travel stories by a master of description.

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This lavish book presents painter Revees' (b. England, has lived and worked in Mexico since 1985) diary texts and paintings created while living in the town Xilitla, San Luis Potosí and downtown Mexico City. An extraordinary collection of vivid mosaic of colors from the markets and streets along with portraits of the fashionable, religious, and anonymous figures that populate the streets, convents, and towns in Mexico. The book was published within the context of the XXI Festival de México en el Centro Histórico.

Thomas Reeve (ca. 1611-1682) immigrated in 1635 from England to the British West Indies, and immigrated to Southold, Long Island, New York during or before 1652. James Reeve (d.1698) immigrated during or before 1636 from England to Chowan County, North Carolina, and settled in Southold, Long Island, New York in the spring of 1637. Descendants and relatives listed lived chiefly in New York. Includes a transcript of all Reeve/Reeves entries in Suffolk County vital records, land and property records, probate records, tax records, census records, military records, published family histories and biographies, etc.

This study evaluates Darwin's theory of evolution as a stimulus to Chinese political changes and philosophic challenge to traditional Chinese beliefs. Pusey bases his analysis on a survey of journals issued from 1896 to 1910 and, after a break for revolutionary action, from 1915 to 1926, with emphasis on the era between the Sino-Japanese War and the Republician Revolution.