Govert Dircksz Camphuysen painting

Castle Tre Kronor in Stockholm
by Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1624-1672)
1661
Dutch painter, born in Dokkum, Friesland.

Salomon van Ruysdael painting

Estuary by Fortified City
by Salomon van Ruysdael (c. 1602-1670)
1648
Ruysdael was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter; he was born in Naarden, Holland.

James Pollard painting

Hatchetts - The White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly.
by James Pollard (1792–1867)
oil on canvas, 17.9" × 26"
Pollard was a British painter, he was born in Islington.

Luigi Deleidi painting

Piazza Vecchia
by Luigi Deleidi (1784-1853)
Deleidi was an Italian landscape artist, he was born in the city of Bergamo.

Literature Pick #99

On the French Shore of Cape Breton
by Harry James Smith
An account of life in the small Nova Scotian village of Arichat, first published in 1908, and here included the the book Cape Breton Tales.