Gallery Talk: Returning Their Gaze—Portraits of American Women

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Harvard Art Museums

Free

A portrait painting of a light-skinned woman with dark hair, wearing white formal attire in front of a tree-filled landscape.

Celebrate Women’s History Month by learning about a few of the 19th-century American women whose portraits are displayed in our galleries.

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Event is free!

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

Location

  • In-person only.

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Neighborhood

Neighborhood 9

Dates and Times

Thursday, March 6 12:30PM – 1PM

Additional information

Celebrate Women’s History Month by learning about a few of the 19th-century American women whose portraits are displayed in our galleries. This talk by graduate curatorial intern Saffron Hooper Sener will explore Portrait of a Young Woman in White by Julien Hudson, Woman with Spectacles by William Matthew Prior, Portrait of a Young Woman by Joshua Johnson, and Harriet Leavens by Ammi Phillips.

Led by:
Saffron Hooper Sener, Graduate Curatorial Intern of American Art, Division of European and American Art

Free

A portrait painting of a light-skinned woman with dark hair, wearing white formal attire in front of a tree-filled landscape.
Thursday, March 6 12:30PM – 1PM
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Harvard Art Museums

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Last updated February 14, 2025.