Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS was a leading English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy.
The Bradford Carpet is a canvas work embroidery made in the early 17th century that originally belonged to the Earl of Bradford at Castle Bromwich.
Brigid Antonia Brophy, Lady Levey was a British novelist, critic, and campaigner for social reforms, including the rights of authors and animal rights. Among her novels was Hackenfeller's Ape (1953); among her critical studies were Mozart the Dramatist and Prancing Novelist: A Defence of Fiction ... In Praise Of Ronald Firbank (1973). In the Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Novelists since 1960, S. J. Newman described her as "one of the oddest, most brilliant, and most enduring of [the] 1960s symptoms."
A frugivore is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits, succulent fruit-like vegetables, roots, shoots, nuts and seeds. It can be any type of herbivore or omnivore where fruit is a preferred food type. Because approximately 20% of all mammalian herbivores also eat fruit, frugivory is common among mammals. Since frugivores eat a lot of fruit, they are highly dependent on the abundance and nutritional composition of fruits. Frugivores can either benefit fruit-producing plants by dispersing seeds, or they can hinder plants by digesting seeds along with the fruits. When both the fruit-producing plant and the frugivore species benefit by fruit-eating behavior, their interaction is called mutualism.
The Compleat Al is a mockumentary about the life of "Weird Al" Yankovic, from his birth in 1959, to 1985. It was partially written by Yankovic and directed by Jay Levey. An abbreviated version premiered on August 7, 1985 on the Showtime network before the full film was released on video on September 25, 1985. The title of the film is a parody from the 1982 documentary The Compleat Beatles.
This 1956 recording based on George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess was the second "complete" recording of the opera after the 1951 version, and the first recording of the work to feature jazz singers and musicians instead of operatic singers and a classical orchestra.
For Musicians Only is a 1958 jazz album by Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt incorporating bebop influences.
Sir Michael Vincent Levey, LVO was an English art historian and was the director of the National Gallery from 1973 to 1986.
Stan Levey was an American jazz drummer.
Turkish art refers to all works of visual art originating from the geographical area of what is present day [Turkey] since the arrival of the Turks in the Middle Ages. Turkey also was the home of much significant art produced by earlier cultures, including the Hittites, Ancient Greeks, and Byzantines. Ottoman art is therefore to the dominant element of Turkish art before the 20th century, although the Seljuks and other earlier Turks also contributed. The 16th and 17th centuries are generally recognized as the finest period for art in the Ottoman Empire, much of it associated with the huge Imperial court. In particular the long reign of Suleiman the Magnificent from 1520–1566 brought a combination, rare in any ruling dynasty, of political and military success with strong encouragement of the arts.
Gregory Levey is a Canadian writer and entrepreneur. He is Associate Professor of professional communication at Ryerson University, co-founder of the software company Figure 1, a journalist and an author.
Edgar C. Levey was a Republican Speaker of the California Assembly and an assistant District Attorney in San Francisco in the early 1900s.
The Theatre Royal in Sydney is Australia's oldest theatrical institution, though the theatre building itself is modern.
Solomon Levey (1794–1833) was a convict transported to Australia in 1815 for theft who became a highly successful merchant and financier, at one time issuing his own banknotes in New South Wales. His success in New South Wales triggered the migration of many relatives. His brother Barnett was the first free Jewish settler. His brother Isaac was for a time President of the Sydney Hebrew Congregation. Solomon was a backer of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, and lost a fortune when it failed. He was also a noted philanthropist.
Harris Levey, whose pseudonyms included Lee Harris, Leland Harris, and Harris Levy, was a comic book artist for DC Comics primarily in the 1940s. He co-created the Golden Age superhero Air Wave, who has continued, in new permutations, into the 21st century.
Stephansortia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Acmaeodera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, a group of metallic wood-boring beetles favored by insect collectors. Whereas most beetles including most buprestids fly with their elytra held out and vibrating their hindwings to give lift and thrust, the Acmaedodera, however, fly with their hind wings only — the elytra are fused down the center and form a shield over the insect's abdomen, even during flight. This fact, combined with the banding across the abdomen which is common in this family, gives many of them a distinct wasp-like appearance when in flight. Several are therefore considered hymenopteran mimics.
Ethel Levey, born Grace Ethelia Fowler, was an American actress, dancer, and singer in musical theatre and on the vaudeville stage. She was the first wife of George M. Cohan, and the second wife of aviator Claude Grahame-White.
Louis Levey Mansion, also known as the Pilgrim Life Insurance Company Building, is a historic home located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1905, and is a two-story, Italian Renaissance style limestone dwelling consisting of a three bay by four bay main block with a one bay by two bay rear block. It has a semicircular bay on the rear facade. The front facade features a round arched entrance flanked by pilasters and the roof is ringed by a balustrade. The house was converted for commercial uses in the 1950s.
Barnett Levey (1798-1837) was a Jewish English-Australian merchant and theatre director. Levey was born in London and migrated to Sydney in Sydney in December 1821. From 1826 Levey had joined concerts as a singer. In 1832 he received the first theatre license. Levey, the first free Jewish settler, founded Theatre Royal, Australia's oldest theatrical institution. Levey has been regarded as the "father of Australian theatre."
