I downloaded The Skater by Gilbert Stuart courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. As I mentioned in my last post, I love it that so many museums now have Open Access collections!
The Skater amused me and led to a bit of reading about the history of ice skating. Check out The Ice-Skating Dandies of 18th-Century Paris by Lauren Young on the Atlas Obscura website or The History Of Ice Skates by Johanna Mayer on the Science Friday website.
It also inspired me to make something with the image. I experimented with cropping the painting to make bookmarks (and I may yet finish that project later), but ultimately I felt compelled to design greeting card around it.
If you want to send a message with all the panache of an 18th century ice skater, you can purchase a printable PDF on my Etsy store, HannahRoseTruett.etsy.com
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