American Colonial Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia

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Less celebrated than their male counterparts, women have been important contributors to the arts. Works by women of the colonial era represent treasured accomplishments of American culture and still impress us as of late, centuries after their creation. The breadth of creative expression is as impressive as the women themselves.

In American Colonial Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia, Mary Ellen Snodgrass follows the history of creative expression from the early 1600s to the late 1700s. Drawing upon number one sources—such as letters, diaries, commute notes, and journals—this timeline encompasses all kinds of artistic accomplishment, such as:

  • Stitchery, quilting, and rug hooking
  • Painting, sculpture, and sketches
  • Essays, poems, and other writings
  • Dance, acting, and oratory
  • Musical composition and performance

Individual talents highlighted on this volume include miniature portraits by Mary Roberts, pastel likenesses by Henrietta Dering Johnston, stagecraft by Elizabeth Sampson Sullivan Ashbridge, basketry by Namumpum Weetamoo, dance by Mary Stagg, metalwork by blacksmith Elizabeth Hager Pratt, calligraphy by Anna “Anastasia” Thomas Wüster, city planning by Deborah Dunch Moody, poems and essays by Phillis Wheatley, and fabric design by Anne Pogue McGinty.

Featuring appendices that list individuals by skill and by state—in addition to a glossary that clarifies the parameters of genres—this volume is very important to the study of Colonial women’s art. Resurrecting the efforts of women to record, adorn, and illustrate the spirit in their times, American Colonial Women and Their Art is a valuable resource so as to be of interest to students and scholars of gender and women’s studies, art history, and American history.

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