“MADE PICTURESQUE BY THE COSTUMES”: CLOTHING OF THE HOLY LAND COLLECTED BY FREDERIC CHURCH

An excerpt by Lynne Zacek Bassett, “Costume & Custom” Exhibition Co-Curator Frederic, while expressing great admiration for the landscape, was conflicted about the native Middle Eastern people. While he considered the Bedouins “picturesque,” he also repeatedly described them in his diary and letters as dirty, savage, lazy, and dangerous. ...Read More