“From Waterloo to New Jersey: The Bicentennial of King Joseph Bonaparte's Escape to America” opens on 17 October from 12am to 5pm at the Pennington School in Pennington at the Silva gallery of Art at the Pennington School Pennington, N.J. It is the first exhibition consecrated to Joseph Bonaparte in the United States and includes works and objects salvaged from two long-vanished homes that Joseph Bonaparte built in Bordentown City at the riverfront property Point Breeze. (The first was destroyed in a fire, and the second was razed by a new British owner.)
The works are from two collections: First, the Peter Tucci Collection of Joseph Bonaparte
Memorabilia which contains over 50 original letters and documents from Joseph Bonaparte, as well as furniture, coins, and books with a Joseph Bonaparte provenance. The second collection consists of artifacts excavated by archaeologist Veit at the site of Point Breeze, the Joseph Bonaparte estate in Bordentown, N.J. Veit is professor of anthropology and chair of the History and Anthropology Department at Monmouth University.
Opening times:
After the opening day of festivities the Silva gallery of Art will be accepting appointments for the public to view the collection. Appointments can be scheduled through gallery director Dolores Eaton atdeaton@pennington.org or by phone at 609-737-4133. Additionally, evening hours will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. every Thursdays throughout the run of the show from 19 October – 20 November, 2015.
On the day of the opening (17 October) there will also be a symposium at 1.30pm.
More information here about the exhibition and symposium.
Article in the New York Times (with photos).
Silva Gallery of Art
THE PENNINGTON SCHOOL
112 West Delaware Avenue
Pennington, New Jersey 08534
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