Duveneck

[ doo-vuh-nek ]

/ ˈdu vəˌnɛk /

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Frank Frank Decker, 1848–1919, U.S. painter and teacher.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

They became the favourite yarns of Duveneck's boys, to which we listened many an evening when we came to Venice four years later.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Mr. Frank Duveneck, painter and sculptor, now of Cincinnati.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James
But nobody who ever sat there with us could have complained of dulness so long as Duveneck presided at our table.
Nights|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
In Duveneck's case I cannot help breaking my golden rule never to speak in print of the living—rules were made to be broken.
Nights|Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Really, they either doubted Duveneck, or they didn't doubt Duveneck!
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies|James McNeill Whistler