The private feelings of motherhood as expressed by Millicent Leib Hunt when she realized she…
Category: BOOK PROJECT: Women and the Visual Arts in 19th century Hartford, CT
My upcoming book will juxtapose works of fine art and utilitarian objects or decorative art as a way to “meet” women of privilege like Elizabeth Colt (1826 – 1905), an important patron of the arts, and the more “ordinary” middle-class women whose creative expressions were often limited to the feminine arts such as needlepoint, quilting, and ceramics.
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Please check out ongoing podcast episodes and blog posts for insights and excerpts of the manuscript.
Daughters in 18th and 19th-centuries households in New England participated in the “textile production of…
Elizabeth Colt leveraged her wealth into public institutions and architectural sites throughout Hartford. As part…