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October 7-9, 2020
In conjunction with the American Antiquarian Society’s traveling exhibition Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere (exhibited at the New-York Historical Society, the Worcester Art Museum, and the Concord Museum during 2019-2020), the Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC) hosted a virtual symposium during three consecutive afternoons. The program considers new perspectives on Revere's versatile roles as an artisan, ranging from colonial silversmith to maker of propaganda prints to postwar manufacturer. Topics explore labor practices and the sourcing of raw materials associated with Revere’s many products, from silver luxury goods to copper for the new nation’s naval vessels.
The sessions were recorded. Links to view the sessions are available below.
Wednesday, October 7
2:00-3:15 PM
Panel 1 - Revere Beyond the Ride: Artisan and Manufacturer
Chair: Nan Wolverton, Director of CHAViC, AAS
Robert Martello, Professor of the History of Science and Technology, Olin College of Engineering - The Last Ride of Paul Revere: Entrepreneurial and Technical Innovation in Early America
Debra Schmidt Bach, Curator of Decorative Arts, New-York Historical Society – ‘Every friend to the manufacturers of the United States must be pleased with this information’: Paul Revere and the United States’ Early Copper Trade
Thursday, October 8
2:00-3:15 PM
Panel 2 - Global Perspectives: Luxury and Labor
Chair: Rebecca M. Rosen, Hollins University
Jennifer Anderson, Associate Professor of History, Stony Brook University (SUNY) – Paul Revere and Sourcing Silver in Early America
Monica Dominguez Torres, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Delaware – Traders and Cannibals: Imagining the Early American Pearl Trade
Friday, October 9
2:00-3:15 PM
Panel 3 - Local Perspectives: Prints and Production
Chair: Lauren B. Hewes, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Graphic Arts, AAS
Theresa Fairbanks Harris, Senior Conservator for Works on Paper, Yale University Art Gallery – The Evolution of Paul Revere’s Prints of the Bloody Massacre
Nancy Siegel, Professor of Art History & Culinary History, Towson University – Monument Men: Paul Revere’s Obelisk and its Fiery Demise
Friday, October 9
3:30-4:30 PM
Panel 4 - Roundtable Discussion: Revere in the 21st Century
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director, Paul Revere Memorial Association
Robert Shimp, Research and Adult Programs Director, Paul Revere Memorial Association
Plus all symposium speakers
Sponsors
This symposium is sponsored by
Support for this symposium has been provided as part of a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor
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