The Legacy of the China Trade in Massachusetts: Art, Artifacts and Manuscripts in Local Collections
MHS Event
At MHS
Layla Bermeo, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Karina Corrigan, Peabody Essex Museum, and moderator Peter Drummey
There is a $10 per person fee (no charge for MHS Fellows and Members or EBT cardholders).
There is a $10 per person fee (no charge for MHS Fellows and Members or EBT cardholders).
Paintings, documents, decorative arts, and objects can weave together a more complete story of early America’s relationship with China in the 18th and 19th centuries. The intersections found in prominent collecting institutions in Massachusetts will be the subject of this discussion, which will feature highlights from the holdings of the MHS, MFA, and Peabody Essex Museum, and will describe the journey of these important objects and manuscripts from private hands to public collections.
There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30.
