Beauport in the Press

Beauport has always attracted wide press coverage. In 1929 Country Life writer Reginald T. Townsend composed this extensive tribute to Beauport, accompanied by full-color reproductions of William Ranken’s paintings of the home. Entitled “An Adventure in Americana,” the article declares Sleeper “is more than a mere collector. He is more than an antiquarian. He is at heart an artist.”