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Figure 1. Hendrik Keun, De Kleine Vismarkt aan het begin van de Singel, 1770. Traces of pencil and pen in grey, 290 x 403 mm, Amsterdam City Archives, 10097: Collectie Stadsarchief Amsterdam: tekeningen en prenten, 010097014798, <https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/d5ec5911-c89d-5d09-1c77-073cbde3dbd7>....
I just love the idea and the historic reality of the “Farewell Tour” taken by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1824: the exuberant reception, and the deep appreciation expressed by both Americans and Lafayette again and again and again, everywhere...
Back to my Salem singlewomen shopkeepers and businesswomen: they continue to be my favorite subjects among these #SalemSuffrageSaturday posts. Socialites, authors and artists: too easy! I came across one of the most stunning nineteenth-century photographs...
Today’s #SalemSuffrageSaturday post is really more of a list than a composition, and a working list at that: I want to take a stab at identifying as many female Salem artists as I can, although I know it’s an impossible task. It’s impossible...
Looking through classified advertisements in eighteenth-century Salem newspapers is one of my favorite pastimes: I can’t think of a better way to gain insights into the public lives of people at that time, though their private lives are,...
I’ve been meaning to do a post on embroidery for a while. Needlecraft hardly seems new, or current, but I have students knitting in class, I follow a great twitter account (#womensart & also a great blog) which features amazing textile...
I’ve been working my way through all of the artists who were born or lived in Salem since I began this blog so many years ago, but one very notable and successful artist whom I have yet to cover is the sculptor John Rogers (1829-1904), chiefly because...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Post-Boy (October 2, 1769). “The approbation of all Free born Souls and true Sons of Liberty.” Thomas Mewse, “Lately from England,”...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Essex Gazette (June 13, 1769). “Bengalls, Chints, striped Ginghams, and red & white striped Holland.” Samuel Cottman advertised “a Variety of English Goods”...
I found myself in the western Massachusetts city of North Adams on this past Saturday morning, having driven across the state to sit on a panel for an honors thesis defense at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts the day before. I love the Berkshires,...
Because of his entrepreneurial engravings, his silverwork, portraits of him and by him, his storied ride, and his boundless brand, Paul Revere as always been the most material of our Founding Fathers: he didn’t just act, he produced,...
Gian Batta Moccafy, Esposizione delle manifatture di Francia, Inghiltera ed Olanda, ca. 1767 ; Paris, Bibliothèque Forney clichés : Marie-Anne Sarda Partie prenante de la culture européenne, la pratique du voyage par les lettrés...
Historical imagery often contains symbols and emblems that we don’t understand: we must learn to read them; whereas a contemporary audience could simply see them and understand the message within. I enjoy teasing out the meanings...
Blankets: https://www.scribd.com/document/288097548/Bedding-Blankets Bottles: https://www.scribd.com/document/200132228/Drinking-Bottles-Cases-TicketsNative Americans 16th & 17th Century: https://www.scribd.com/document/265679506/Native-Americans-16th-to-17th-Century-ImagesCotton...
I thought you might enjoy the story connected with this baptismal apron, c. 1735. Currently on view in Fashioning the New England Family at the Massachusetts Historical Society (10/2018-4/2019; www.masshist.org), it was embroidered by Mary Woodbury...
Emily Yankowitz discusses the American Museum in Britain and its efforts to interpret US history in the UK.
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Supplement to the New-York Journal (July 7, 1768).“A fresh and complete assortment of the following goods, in the greatest variety and newest patterns.” “WILLIAMS’s...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Virginia Gazette [Purdie & Dixon] (March 10, 1768).“SAGATHIES, duroys, grandurells.” In March 1768, John Carter advertised dozens of items in stock at his store...
I always commemorate Presidents Day by remembering all (or many) of our presidents rather than just Washington and Lincoln: different themes each year have yielded interesting perspectives on both the institution and the individuals. This year, for instance,...
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