[Pencil Sketch/Drawing, Portrait], Lat/Lon (36.0020, -78.9301), 10 by 10 in, (25 by 25 cm),
I.V. Passmoore, 2004

There is enough information on a globe to keep some 3-year olds occupied for hours. Geographic erudition rarely seizes the heart of such youngsters -- but Michael's first instinct upon entering the Thomas room at Lilly was to inspect the globe. Then he hopped into the cold fireplace.

precocious child

Series Description: Scenes from the Harvard of the South, in Durham, North Carolina. Formerly Trinity College, it rose to prominence after a tobacco magnate opened his checkbook in the 1930s. See also dmoz.org/...Colleges and Universities/...Duke University/, and the Geisha series, painted at Lilly Library.

A selection of 10 more titles in this series --
Spring Flower Gardens | Elegy in Lavender | Goldfinches Among Echinacea | Reader With a View | Sanguine Blue Devil | Quaint Brick Architecture | Owen Flanagan's Tibetan Teapot | Activity for a Three-Year Old | Self Defense Move at the Law Library | Carlos Linnaeus' Beloved Nepenthes: Tropical Pitcher Plant |

Summary of titles in the "Duke University" series --
41 Watercolor Paintings | 27 Pen & Ink Sketch/Drawings | 10 Pastel Paintings | 5 Oil Paintings | 4 Pencil Sketch/Drawings |