Tag: BOOK BLOG: 19th Century Women and the Visual Arts

I share my writing process in weekly blog posts of an upcoming book centered on Elizabeth Colt; 19th century woman, art patron, wife of gun magnate and industrialist Samuel Colt. She carved out an artistic life as an art collector, commissioning landscape works and public memorials through out the city of Hartford, Connecticut. Follow me into her narrative, within the context of the 19th century woman, and the role of the visual arts in both domestic and public spheres.

Advice Books: 19th-century Illustrations Visualizing the Role of Women

Elizabeth Colt and “The Cradle”

“Primitive Art” in Hartford

Elizabeth Day Seymour: Hartford Resident

Portraits: “History of a Person”

19th Century Black Women and Loss

19th Century Woman: Personal Longings and Motherhood

Quilts: Visual Voice for Women

Grief Shapes Elizabeth as an Arts Patron

Women’s Private Lives and “High Art”