Category Archives: black history month

Winterthur Acquires Rare Painting by Robert S. Duncanson

Posted on November 5, 2019

A rare painting by Robert S. Duncanson, an African American artist identified by antebellum critics as the “best landscape painter in the West,” is now part of the Winterthur collection. A special study day, Discovering Duncanson, will be held on … Continue reading →

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A Rare African American Schoolgirl Needlework and Its Poetic Petition

Posted on February 25, 2016

Education has always been important for American children, but it is often difficult to document through traditional historical documents, especially for girls or African Americans. One way to accomplish this is by studying surviving needlework. Winterthur has many schoolgirl samplers … Continue reading →

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