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Ink and Uprising: Revolutionary War Newspapers as Visual Resistance

Before there was a flag, there was a page. Before armies stood in formation, lines...
A woman painting a portrait of George Washington in a cozy studio.

Join or Die: The Birth of American Political Cartooning

Long before social media memes or editorial cartoons filled Sunday papers, there was a snake....
A woman painting a portrait of George Washington in a cozy studio.

Ladies in Light: The Women Immortalized by American Portraiture

They do not shout or command, yet they remain unforgettable. In the portraits of the...
A woman painting a portrait of George Washington in a cozy studio.

Layers of Liberty: The Technique and Symbolism of Rosemary Vasquez Tuthill

When I paint, I don't start with the surface - I start with what's beneath...
A woman painting a portrait of George Washington in a cozy studio.

Paint Sign Revolt: How Signage Became Subversion

In Revolutionary America, paint met purpose in the most public ways. The wooden sign swinging...
A woman painting a portrait of George Washington in a cozy studio.

Powder, Patience, and Paint: How Colonial Artists Built Likeness in Layers

No one rushed a face in the eighteenth century. To paint a likeness that endured,...
A woman painting a portrait of George Washington in a cozy studio.

Protest in the Margins: How Layout Became Rebellion

Not all rebellion shouts from the center. Some of the most subversive acts in Revolutionary...