This Amherst Historical Society event takes place offsite at the Bangs Center, 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst.
Come to this talk given by AHS board member, Neal Parks and learn about the noted 19th Century folk artist, Erastus Salisbury Field (1805-1900). This presentation will survey Field’s artistic growth following his brief but informative experience as a teenaged student in the atelier of a famed artist in NYC which was to profoundly influence his career as an itinerant portraitist.
Following the talk, plan a visit to the Amherst History Center to view the Erastus Salisbury Field portraits of Rev. William Hunt and his wife, Caroline Phebe Dutch Hunt, who resided in Amherst in the first half of the 19th century.
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