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President Roosevelt declines to act as a model of his father for Francis Bowes Sayre’s uncle, noting that he would not serve well since he does not have a beard. In a postscript, he notes that he is enclosing a photograph of a portrait of his father.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-12
Postcard showing the interior of a neoclassical chapel with columns, archways, and a painted ceiling. Charles C. Myers identifies it as the chapel next to the Palace of Versailles. He comments on the various artistic details.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “We saw an exterior view of the small chapel or cathedral, now here is an interior view of the same place. Notice the beautifully designed floor which looks like costly rugs, but it is only mosaic work, colored stones or tiling so artistically arranged as to represent very finely woven rugs. The paintings overhead are among the leading paintings of one of the leading painters of the 17th century. It is said that there is a lost art in painting as was done in those days as their brilliancy increases with age instead of fading as paintings of modern times. These paintings are over 200 years old and yet they seem as fresh as if they were only finished and hardly dry.”
This postcard shows a calendar for 1911 underneath the portrait of a woman. Charles C. Myers explains that he chose this postcard less for the calendar it shows, but for the example of mosaic tiling, which surrounds the picture of the woman. Many of the tables in Versailles were covered in mosaic tiling.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This is a French post card calendar, but I have it to show at close range some of the mosaic work which is done by placing pieces of stone or tiling of the proper color and shade, together in an artistic way so as to properly form the desired object. The roses and leaves in the background of this picture are of mosaic and not painted as you think. most all the tables in the rooms of the palace have a covering of mosaic.”
An invitation from Tiffany Studios to a private viewing of the glass mosaic curtain for Mexican National Theatre.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-15