Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Working on Catalog Project

So it's been a few weeks since I last posted anything about my internship, I apologize for that. Two vacations happened and I wasn't about to not have fun this summer (went to Florida and Rehoboth Beach, DE). Before I become a "real" adult I felt I needed to visit family and friends! So I did. It was fun, saw a shark...
Anyway, now I'm back to work and I have been steadily researching the Woodward Art Collection. I've gathered quite a few primary sources to help support what I will be writing about for this catalog including two books written by William Woodward himself.
Through all of this research I have learned a lot about equine portraiture. I never knew it became it's own genre until the 19th century. One of the most prominent artists of that time period was a man by the name of John Frederick Herring,Sr. William Woodward's art collection consisted of many Herring horse portraits.

Here are some random pictures of notes and art prints I have been looking at the past couple of days:





I think I'm at 80 something hours so far, too! The project probably wont be finished by the time I reach 100 but that's okay, I plan to stay until the very end.


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