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Student Projects

The Monarch and the City: Relfe and Fletcher’s 1838 Panorama of Queen Victoria’s Coronation

Major Victory in a Minor Industry: The Genesis of the American Superhero

Tales Woven into a Botanical Dress: An Analysis of Winterthur’s Portrait by John Greenwood

An Intimate Meeting by Candlelight: Remote Learning at Winterthur

New England Colleges in Paint and Print: Celebrating the Works of Esteria Butler

A City on the Blade of a Knife

Color-lithograph print showing Shaker men and Shaker women dressed in traditional Shaker costume dancing in the middle of a Shaker meeting house on a wooden floor. Bonnets, hats, and coats are hung up on the wall behind the dancing members. In the foreground, visitors can be seen in nineteenth century dress watching the ritual.

Through the Eyes of the World’s People: The Materiality of Visiting Early Shaker Villages

A silverware advertisement in black and white greyscale, accented by red and pink. On one side, there is silverware with a delicate floral pattern. On the other, there is a seated model dressed in a fashionable evening ensemble

Selling Silver: Advertisements for Oneida Community Plate 1930-46

Family record showing historical scenes, a text block, and figure portraits.

A Familiar Landscape: a Surrogate for Ancestry and Genealogical Legacy?

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