Paradox of Pearls Exhibit & Associated Programs

September 27, 2024

Full-length portrait of a woman, likely to be Mary Anne Clarke, wearing a white neoclassical dress and standing on a balcony with a curtain drapped from the left corner.

The new exhibition “The Paradox of Pearls: Accessorizing Identities in the Eighteenth Century,” Curated by Laura Engel, Professor, Duquesne University, is on view now through January 31, 2025.

Public programs are scheduled for the autumn:

Oct. 10 lecture delivered by Adrienne Childs, held at the Wadsworth Museum of Art

Nov 16 LWL-Farmington Libraries talk by curator Laural Engel, at the Lewis Walpole Library. Program details and registration links.