“Every Article… suitable for this Country”: Furnishing Early Williamsburg
On view in the June Stedman Hennage Gallery
This exhibition was made possible through the generosity of Don and Elaine Bogus.
This exhibition reveals Williamsburg and vicinity through objects that were made or imported by the people who once lived and worked here. Guests will find portraits of merchants, clerics, and children, furniture made by Williamsburg cabinetmakers, African American pottery, an iron warming machine imported from London, a Cherokee stone pipe, and many other goods with histories in and around the town. The exhibition complements your visit to the Historic Area by exploring the lives and stories of real people through the things they made or owned.
Tarpley, Thompson & Company Broadside, England, Bristol or London, 1760-1763, black & white line engraving, 9 7/16 x 7⅝in, Museum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund, 2007-113
Portrait of Sarah Waters Meade, attributed to Cosmo John Alexander, America, Virginia, Williamsburg, 1770, oil on canvas, Framed: 37⅜ x 32¼in, Gift of Mrs. Rose S. Cooper, 1989-312,A
Card Table, attributed to Anthony Hay, America, Virginia, Williamsburg, 1755-1770, mahogany, yellow pine, 27½ x 33⅜ x 16 ½in, 1932-12
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