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Mining the Museum: ‘Metalwork, 1793-1880,’ model of Baltimore Clipper, reward broadside, and watercolor painting

Description

The image depicts works on display in "Mining the Museum," a 1992-1993 installation by artist Fred Wilson at the Maryland Historical Society. In Mining the Museum, Wilson used the museum's collections to confront and challenge perceptions about history, culture, and race. It was a joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore. The items on display in this image include a case filled with repoussé silverware and metal slave shackles; a model of a Baltimore Clipper ship (rigged as a brig) of the type converted to slavers after the War of 1812, made by Henry Pratt Jones, circa 1942; a broadside for a fugitive slave; and a watercolor sketch entitled "View of Welch Point and the mouth of Backcreek" by Benjamin H. Latrobe (1764-1820), 1806, that has been labeled "Jack Alexander in a canoe."

Date

1992-1993

Contributor(s)

Contributor(s) Notes

Photographer: Maryland Historical Society Museum; Artist: Fred Wilson

Language(s)

Collection Number

MS 2008

Dimensions

35 mm

Object ID

MTM 013

Extent

1 slide

Resource ID

4628

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.