Winter 1996 Exhibitions

Culture and Consumerism:
Images of America 1800-1870

The exhibition displayed recent purchases of American prints and photographs representing the range of 19th century U.S. graphic arts. Included were works published by Currier & Ives, and reproductive prints after such artists as Thomas Cole, Lilly Martin Spencer and George Caleb Bingham.

Samuel Hollyer and John Rogers, The Pic Nic or the Fourth of July, ca. 1860, after Lilly Martin Spencer, etching and engraving (photo: Phil)

Exact Imaginations:
The Oriental in 19th-century
Photographs of Southeast Asia

This exhibition illustrated how Victorian photographers in India and Burma contributed to Western perceptions of an exotic and mysterious East. It was organized by Son Tran (B.A. Wesleyan 1995).

Anonymous (Burma), A Young Bride, ca. 1870-80, albumen print (photo: Phil)