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Church of the Holy Trinity
From Zuni to Boston: Rediscovering Isabel and Larz Anderson’s Eclectic Collection
Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United StatesPlease Join us for a lecture from Stephen T. Moskey and Isabel L. Taube. Isabel Weld Perkins (1876–1948) and Larz Anderson (1866–1937) were a wealthy, well-connected, cosmopolitan, and intellectually curious Gilded Age couple who traveled the globe assembling a collection of objects that they displayed in their homes in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC. They […]
Ladies of The Ticker: Women of Wall Street
Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThis lecture will feature speaker George Robb, a professor of history at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Long overlooked in histories of finance, women played an essential role in areas such as banking and the stock market during the late 19th-and early 20th-centuries. Yet their presence sparked ongoing controversy. Professor Robb's pioneering study published […]
A New York Christmas – Ho Ho Ho at Gothamtide
Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United StatesA New York Christmas - Ho Ho Ho at Gothamtide Celebrate the holiday season with Sibyl McCormack Groff, author and historian, who is known locally as “Queen Santa,” as she demonstrates the importance of New York as the Christmas Capital. She explores places to visit during Gothamtide, with its hidden treasures and delectable treats. […]
John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London
Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United StatesJohn Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Coinciding with the upcoming Bard Graduate Center’s exhibition, Susan Weber, founder and director of the Bard and exhibition co-curator, examines John Lockwood Kipling’s life as designer, architectural sculptor, curator, educator, illustrator and journalist. This lecture will illuminate the unrecognized genius of Lockwood Kipling and […]
Henry Holiday and the Windows of The Church of the Holy Trinity
Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United StatesHenry Holiday and the Windows of The Church of the Holy Trinity Henry Holiday, painter, stained glass designer, illustrator, sculptor and a Pre-Raphaelite, was well known in his native England. Holiday also enjoyed great success in New York, designing more than 30 windows, including the 17 in the Church of the Holy Trinity. George […]
A Suite for Piano: Alma Tadema and the Marquand Music Room
Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United StatesA Suite for Piano: Alma Tadema and the Marquand Music Room A lecture by Dr. Kathleen Morris In 1884, the celebrated Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema designed the interior of a Greco-Pompeian-style music room for American millionaire Henry Gurdon Marquand’s Madison Avenue mansion. The finished room and its extraordinary suite of furniture and textiles drew extensive […]