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This is the only known photograph of Ellen Glasgow and James Branch Cabell together. It was taken at the Cabell home on June 1, 1928 by Richmond’s Dementi Studio for the Richmond News Leader. From left to right are Burton Rascoe, a literary critic…
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This photograph was first published inArts & Decoration magazine (Vol. XXX, No. 1, November, 1928, p.47) in an article by Burton Rascoe entitled "Contemporary Reminiscences - An Intimate Visit to James Branch Cabell and Ellen Glasgow via an Air…
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Detail of a studio portrait of Ballard Hartwell Cabell by Foster Studio, Richmond, VA. Inscribed in James Branch Cabell's hand, "For John Bell Cabell from Ballard Hartwell Cabell."
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Photograph of Priscilla Bradley Shepperd Cabell, c.1916. She married James Branch Cabell on November 8, 1913 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Brook Hill. Their only child, Ballard Hartwell Cabell was born in 1915.
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Two photographs of James Branch Cabell taken by Carl Van Vechten. 1935.
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Inscribed: For Mrs. Archer Jones with the best wishes of James Branch Cabell 4 December 1923
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James Branch Cabell was born on April 14, 1879 at 101 E. Franklin St.. The building shown here occupied what is now the site of the Richmond Public Library.
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James Branch Cabell, his wife, Priscilla Bradley Shepperd Cabell, and their son Ballard moved to this home in 1925. Priscilla Cabell died in 1949. James Branch Cabell died in this home on May 5, 1958. He was survived by his second wife, Margaret…
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James Branch Cabell was born on April 14, 1879 at 101 E. Franklin St.. The building shown here occupied what is now the site of the Richmond Public Library.
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Cabell's bookplate. The rearing stallion was Cabell's family symbol. The word "Impavide" means "fearless."A silver stallion appears on the shield of one of Cabell's fictional characters, Manuel, with the motto "Mundus vult decipi" ("The world wants…
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Note: "James Branch Cabell from Uncle Arthur, Xmas, '86."
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Frank Cheyne Papé (1872-1972) illustrated seven of Cabell's books. The English illustrator's fanciful, imaginatie and sometimes sexually suggestive style complemented Cabell's satirical works. Papé became an overnight success with the…
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