I love it. Im thrilled to have you at your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older than a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was chief justice marshall. He served from 1831 until his death a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often as we think about the complex history. That this place, this institution has been witness to much of the history, including much of the history well discuss today. So think of that and th
Leaders, military officers, explorers, and scientists. Up next on American History tvs, american artifacts we build it gallery to see a selection of works by Charles Willson peale. Karie diethorn. Im with the National Park service in philadelphia. I oversee a large collection of artifacts here. We are here at the second bank of the United States, a historic building, part of the Independence National historical park. 1824,as finished in literally the fort knox of its day. The building has been restored on the exterior, when you come to see it, you will see how it looked ran no, brandnew. Inside we have the fine arts exhibit to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th century america, the world that those people knew and the worldly revolution belt. The portrait collection at Independence National historical park is a very old one. The bulk of our collection, 94 pictures was painted by peel, of philadelphia Charles Willson peale of philadelphia. Wereof the pictures purchased b
American artifacts, we visit the gallery to learn about a selection of works by Charles Willson peale. Karie im karie diethorn. I am the chief curator. I oversee a large collection of artifacts here. We are here at the second bank of the United States, a historic building, part of the Independence National historical park. This was finished in 1824, literally the fort knox of its day. The building has been restored on the exterior. When you come to see it, you will see how it looked brandnew in 1824. Inside we have the fine arts exhibit to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th century america, the world that those people knew and the world that the revolutionists built. The portrait collection at Independence National historical park is a very old one. The bulk of our collection, 94 pictures, was painted by Charles Willson peale of philadelphia. Philadelphia artist who had his own museum in the city. The museum was so popular that in the middle of the 19th century, many of
Im kariehorn diethorn. I am the chief curator at the Independence National park, the National Park service in philadelphia. I oversee a large collection of Museum Artifacts here, almost 4 million of them. We are here at the second bank of the United States, a Historic Building that is part of the Independence National historical park. The second bank of the United States, which was finished in 1824, was literally the fort knox of its day. The building has been restored on the exterior, so when you come to see us you will see how , it looked brandnew. Exhibits the fine arts from the early 19th century to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th century america, the world that those people knew and the worldly world that the revolution built. The portrait collection at Independence National historical park is a very, very old one. The bulk of our collection, 94 pictures, was painted by Charles Wilson peel, a Philadelphia Artist who had a museum here in the city. The museum was
Hosted the event. It is a little over one hour. We are we are delighted divided to have paul saiti with us. The author of of arms and artists, he is the author of several books and essays on american artist. He has cocurated exhibitions at the metropolitan museum of art and the museum of fine arts in boston. He is the recipient of the National Endowment for artists. He is a twotime senior fellow at the met. He has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. With that, i would like to welcome paul to the lectern. [laughter] thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here this evening. Good evening to you. I want to thank my hosts here at the tavern. And i want to thank my publisher, for publishing this book. Artists. D this is the book here. It is a hybrid book in the sense that it cap attempts to do a number of things at the same time. It is meant to be read by anybody. Anyone interested in 18thcentury america, the founding, or the revolution. I think you w