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This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who love history and who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world.
Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history.
423 The Forgotten Artists of the American Revolution
Ben Franklin's World
1 hour 11 minutes
2 weeks ago
423 The Forgotten Artists of the American Revolution
Have you ever noticed how conversations about the American Revolution often center on great battles, founding documents, and famous statesmen?
What if, instead, we explored that world through the eyes—and the hands—of everyday people who shaped it through art?
Zara Anishanslin, Associate Professor of History and Art History at the University of Delaware and Director of its Museum Studies and Public Engagement Program, joins us to uncover the hidden world of artists, artisans, and makers who painted, stitched, and crafted the Revolution into being. Drawing from her book The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution, Zara helps us see how creativity and craftsmanship tell a fuller—and more human—story of America’s founding.Zara’s Website | Book |Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/423
EPISODE OUTLINE
00:00:00 Introduction
00:41.79 Welcome & Episode Overview
00:02:59 Meet Our Guest
00:07:11 The Transatlantic Network of Revolutionary Artists
00:11:28 Why Revolutionary Artwork Didn't Survive
00:14:13 Prince Demah & His Mother Daphny
00:21:21 How Art Patronage Worked in the 18th Century
00:24:01 Finding Prince Demah a Teacher in London
00:27:40 Life as a Black Artist in London
00:41:22 Prince Demah's Life in Revolutionary Boston
00:49:24 Robert Edge Pine: The English Artist Who Supported America
00:59:24 How Revolutionary Art Differs from Later Commemorative Art
01:04:55 What Artists Reveal About the Revolution
01:07:29 Closing Thoughts & Resources
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Ben Franklin's World
This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who love history and who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world.
Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history.
