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Discovering a Forgotten Folk Artist at the Independence Seaport Museum

Discovering a Forgotten Folk Artist at the Independence Seaport Museum

Curious Objects

May 15, 202435m 46s

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Show Notes

In Part 1 of a special two-part podcast, Curious Objects’ host Benjamin Miller speaks with Peter Siebert, president and CEO of Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum about a folk art watercolor from the late 1700s that’s been the subject of a major research project. Called Navigation Lesson, the painting is believed to depict the artist, Cornelius van Buskirk, receiving instruction from Commodore John Barry (1745-1803), the man regarded as the father of the United States Navy.

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