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  • B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series

    Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

    Presentation #2 “A Wise man will Find us to be Rogues by our Face”: Physiognomy and Portraiture Johnathan Swift’s observation about the relationship between character and physical features sums up […]

  • B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series

    Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

    Presentation #3 “You Cannot Paint her too Beautiful for my Imagination”: Domesticity, Death, and Photography in 19th Century Portraiture Portraiture is so often thought of as being a means to […]

  • B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series

    Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

    Presentation #4 Art vs. Tyranny: The Ultimate Selfie Pierre Daura, Modern Artist and resident mid-20th century Rockbridge County, Virginia, resident, created a unique Cubist inspired work of art in late […]

  • Scott Crawford Talk: “Death in 19th Century Portraiture”

    Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

    Portraiture is often thought of as being a means to capture the image of a sitter determined to have his or her likeness preserved on canvas. However, not all sitters […]

  • Scott Crawford Talk: “The Exhumation”

    Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

    Scott Crawford will explore how 19th century mourning culture helped decode a late 19th century painting, leading the National Gallery of Art to change the painting’s name. This talk will […]

  • Mike Hudson Talk: Postmortem Photography

    Mike Hudson, Historic Smithfield’s Executive Director, will discuss Victorian-era postmortem photography and mourning practices. Mike also contributed to a book entitled “Beyond the Dark Veil” which will be available for […]

  • Dan Thorp Book Signing & Talk

    St. Luke & Odd Fellows Hall 203 Gilbert Street, Blacksburg, VA

    Virginia Tech History professor Dan Thorp has recently published his latest book entitled Seeking Justice and will join us at St. Luke & Odd Fellows on Wednesday, November 5 for […]

  • Speaking Engagement: Remarkable Trees of Virginia with Jeff Kirwan

    Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

    Arbor Day is coming soon and in celebration, we will host Jeff Kirwan on April 9 for a presentation about his beautiful book, Remarkable Trees of Virginia (reprint coming soon). […]