There’s a few clues in today’s Mystery Photo which might help you spot the location. The tower, of course, signals water. But where is this? Send your idea to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
The photo in the last edition was sent in by Lou Camiero of Lilburn. It was of a snowy photograph that didn’t fool some of our readers. Karen Burnette Garner of Dacula writes: “It’s Yew Tree Farm, in the Lake District, Coniston, England.” Next came George Graf of Palmyra, Va. with more detail: “Yew Tree Farm, Coniston, Cumbria, England. It was once owned by Beatrix Potter, who left it to The National Trust, it was used as Miss Potter’s home in the film Miss Potter starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, and has been visited by many celebrities over the years. Emma Thompson stayed and even Queen Elizabeth visited the farm on her last trips to the Lakes Country. Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children’s books.”
Others recognizing the home of Beatrix Potter were Ruthy Lachman Paul of Norcross, who says: Norcross: “What is the secret charm of Beatrix Potter stories and illustrations, the first of which, Peter Rabbit, was published in 1902, which is still fascinating to read. Yew Tree was owned by Beatrix Potter in the 1930s and is still home to many of her furnishings.”
Recently a photo of the Philadelphia Museum of Art caused Bob Foreman of Grayson to respond: “The photo I sent in of the Philadelphia Museum of Art does not show boat houses. The boat house row area is nearby along the river basin above the dam. The area along the water line with the classical buildings on top is part of the old Philadelphia Water Works. This area is part of the Museum complex and forms the southern end of Fairmount Park, site of the 1876 Centennial Exposition. I expected the photo to be easy, but I did not expect people familiar with Philly to misidentify the old water works as boat houses.”
Jasper Johns’ prints exhibit open at Brenau University’s Sellars Gallery
Brenau University President Ed Schrader, left, speaks with Dr. Jermaine Whirl, dean of Business and Art and Design at Gwinnett Technical College, among The Prints of Jasper Johns exhibit in the Sellars Gallery on Brenau’s campus in Gainesville. The exhibit began January 21 and runs through March 17. Johns, 85, whose aunts Eunice and Gladys graduated from Brenau Women’s College, was the featured artist in the first exhibition in Sellars Gallery. The university’s permanent collection, now comprises more than 6,000 paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures and other works.
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