The Nine Muses The Nine Muses The Nine Muses, Or, Poems Written by Nine severall Ladies Upon the death of the late Famous John Dryden, Esq. (London: Richard Basset, 1700) was an elegiac volume of poetry published pseudonymously. The contributors were English women writers, each of whom signed their poems with the names of Muses. The collection was edited by Delarivier Manley (who wrote as "Melpomene" and "Thalia") and includes pieces by Susanna Centlivre ("perhaps," according to Blain et al.), Sarah Fyge Egerton ("Erato", "Euterpe", and "Terpsichore"), Mary Pix ("Clio"), Catherine Trotter ("Calliope"), and Sarah Piers ("Urania"). The poet writing as "Polimnia" (Of
The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table on a crutch. It is unsigned and undated but known to have been completed c.1934. It is currently on display at the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, on loan from the E. and A. Reynolds Morse collection. Around 1934, Dalí produced several other works inspired by "The Art of Painting": Dalí revered Vermeer, and also drew several times on his "The Lacemaker", for instance in "Paranoiac-Critical Study of Vermeer's Lacemaker". Dali also painted a copy of "The Lacemaker" on commission from collector Robert Lehman. "The Ghost of Vermeer" should also be seen in the context of his other