Samuel Colman, 1780-1845

Because he lived in Bristol between the years 1816 and 1838, Samuel Colman is usually considered a 'Bristol School' artist. Although few biographical details are available about this provincial drawing master, the most important to emerge are those which clarify his religious affiliations and links. Again, while there is little evidence that Colman was closely connected with the other members of the Bristol school, it is clear that he had much in common with them as regards subject matter and sources, and that his work was known to other Bristol artists, and theirs to him. Therefore, while the purpose of this study of Samuel Colman has been to illuminate the work of an apparently very private artist, the result of the research has been to widen the 'picture' of Independency in pre-Victorian Bristol, while adding something to the definition of the 'school' of art which the city produced during that period.Colman's connections with mainstream Dissent, through his membership of Castle Green and of Zion Independent chapels in Bristol, help us to place him in society locally and give us the touchstones of his interests: evangelism, Abolition, the 'Catholic Question', the Parliamentary redress of Dissenters' political grievances and the 'Prophetical Con¬ troversy'. Along with other artists, Colman used favourite genres of the era (the fairground picture, for example, and the biblical cataclysm) in order to present propaganda. But his unique approach to the use of art as a vehicle for dogma and political messages was his fusion of the emblem tradition with the visual formulae adopted by his contemporaries in the 'School of Catastrophe', especially in those paintings where he acknowledged the Sublime through his treatment, in poetic landscapes, of biblical epics and events from the Apocalypse.Section C demonstrates the lyric qualities Colman obviously admired in the Psalms and in the hymns of English Dissent, particularly the hymnody of Isaac Watts. Finally, Section D shows that Samuel Colman found a consonant synthesis by being both sincere and optimistic in the presentation of his belief in the positive culmination of Salvation history

Early Warning and Early Response: The Link between Information and Action

While there are many agencies and states which actively monitor early warning information, few have the added challenge of linking their analysis of the information with their actions in the field. This article explores the operational reality of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, arguing that there is not a monolithic early warning system which will meet the needs of all players.Alors qu'un grand nombre d'agences et d'états suivent de très près la circulation des informations concernant l'alerte préventive, très peu font face au défi supplémentaire consistant à établir le lien entre les informations dont ils disposent et leur action sur le terrain. Cet article explore la réalité opérationnelle de la Croix Rouge Internationale et du Mouvement Croissant Rouge, en développant une argumentation selon laquelle il n'existe pas un système monolithique d'alerte préventive qui rencontrerait les besoins de la totalité des intervenants

Land Grant Application- Whidden, Solomon

Land grant application submitted to the Maine Land Office for Solomon Whidden for service in the Revolutionary War.https://digitalmaine.com/revolutionary_war_mass/1383/thumbnail.jp