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'Picturing Difference: Photography, Democracy, and Race in the 19th Century'

Courtesy of Henry Sheldon Museum
1850 portrait of an unidentified African American woman by Samuel Broadbent

When: Wed., Jan. 12, 7 p.m. 2022

Event Contact Phone 802-388-2117

Event Contact URL www.henrysheldonmuseum.org/elephant-in-the-room

The Henry Sheldon Museum presents a Zoom lecture by historian Michelle Smiley, the fourth talk in the “Elephant in the Room: Exploring the Future of Museums” series. Smiley discusses American daguerreotype portraiture, its uses as scientific instrument, a means of picturing loved ones, and as a medium of democratic participation. Register at henrysheldonmuseum.org.

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