Gray Area: Unstable Canvases—19th-Century Colonial Portraiture and International Diplomacy

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    A painted portrait shows a person with braided hair wearing jewelry, a red top, and a white shawl, holding a bundle of feathers.

    Join graduate student Saffron Hooper Sener for a talk on the role of colonial portraiture in North American international diplomacy.

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    Cambridge, MA 02138
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    बिहीवार, अप्रिल 9 12:30PM – 1PM

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    Join graduate student Saffron Hooper Sener for a discussion of RujéWagít^an Mi (Flying Pigeon) of the Iowa and [Artowayon] (Paddy Carr), Creek Interpreter—two portraits of Native American diplomats by Henry Inman. We will consider these artworks’ tumultuous history, forged by several competing American portraitists, as Sener talks about the role of portraiture in 19th-century international diplomacy.

    Free

    A painted portrait shows a person with braided hair wearing jewelry, a red top, and a white shawl, holding a bundle of feathers.

    बिहीवार, अप्रिल 9 12:30PM – 1PM

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    Last updated अप्रिल 3, 2026.