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Gallery Talk: New Faces on the Wall—Conserving the Portraits of Native American Leaders by Henry Inman

A painted portrait of an Indigenous person wearing a headdress.
Henry Inman, American, Anishinaabe delegate to the First Treaty of Prairie du Chien; believed [Weesh-Cub (The Sweet)] of the Chippewa, c. 1832–34. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, gift of the heirs of E. P. Tileston and Amor Hollingsworth, 1882, 2023.188.

Gallery Talk

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

This event requires registration; see further details below.

On view for the first time at the Harvard Art Museums are portraits of [Tah-Col-o-Quoit (Rising Cloud)]—an Asakiwaki/Sauk warrior—and a Chippewa chief, believed to be [Weesh-Cub (The Sweet)]. Painted by Henry Inman (1801–1846), these paintings provide a sneak peek into a broader collection currently undergoing conservation treatment. Join conservator Cristina Morilla for a discussion about her treatment of the captivating portraits.

Led by:
Cristina Morilla, Special Project Conservator of Paintings, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

Gallery talks are limited to 18 people and registration is required. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning at 10am the day of the talk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

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