Vanderpoel

The Shuttle is the story of the wealthy Vanderpoel sisters, two American beauties called Rosalie and Bettina, whose fortunes become linked to English aristocrats.

Not Ugly Betty « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

He then assigned us to copy every drawing from the Bridgman and Vanderpoel books on our own time, and while in class we worked from the live model.

Academy of Realist Art James Gurney 2009

Chinami, the model was a plaster drawing cast, and the notes come mainly from anatomy books by Peck, Feher/Szunyoghy, Loomis, and Vanderpoel.

The Anatomy of the Ear James Gurney 2009

On the other hand, she liked the weekly lectures on composition by John Vanderpoel, a little Dutch-born hunchback and well-known authority on human anatomy, who lucidly illustrated the importance of line with black and white crayons on sheets of tan paper.

Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986

When Bettina came in, Vanderpoel, looking up to smile at her in welcome, was struck by the fact that as a background to an entering figure of tall, splendid girlhood in a ball dress it was admirable, throwing up all its whiteness and grace and sweep of line.

The Shuttle 1907

He thought of the Vanderpoel millions as the lady on the deck had thought of them, and in his mind somehow the girl herself appeared to express them.

The Shuttle 1907

Rosalie had changed her attire as many times a day as she had changed her fancy; every hour had been filled with engagements and amusements; the Vanderpoel carriages had driven up to the door and driven away again and again through the mornings and afternoons and until midnight and later.

The Shuttle 1907

"They will come to look at you pretty soon," said Vanderpoel.

The Shuttle 1907

Vanderpoel thought the matter over during a few moments of silence.

The Shuttle 1907

To be a Vanderpoel was, it was true, to be a shining mark for envy as for admiration, but the fact removed obstacles as a rule, and to find one's self standing before a situation with one's hands, figuratively speaking, tied, was new enough to arouse unusual sensations.

The Shuttle 1907