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AskART.com presents a biographical sketch of American artist George Robert Bonfield (1802-1898). Additional information for Bonfield includes a bibliography of publications about the artist, museum holdings, current exhibits, etc. Auction records, including highest prices, are available only to AskART members.
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Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award in American History. "Packed with suggestive historical detail."--
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples and Spain, claimed that he had never wanted the overpowering roles thrust upon him by his illustrious younger brother Napoleon. Left to his own devices, he would probably have been a lawyer in his native Corsica, a country gentleman with leisure to read the great literature he treasured and oversee the maintenance of his property. When Napoleon's downfall forced Joseph into exile, he was able to become that country gentleman at last, but in a place he could scarcely have imagined. It comes as a surprise to most people that Joseph spent seventeen years in the United States following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. In The Man Who Had Been King, Patricia Tyson St...