Elements of Chinese Garden

Chinese Garden (Liu Fang Yuan, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance), The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Mary Austin Sketchbook

Sketchbook, Mary Hunter Austin, artist, 1901, manuscript. Mary Hunter Austin papers. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. AU 1 5456 plate 11.

Posted on Thu., June 2, 2022

Exploring a range of styles among The Huntington’s premier collection of British drawings and watercolors from the 17th to the mid-20th century, the exhibition highlights rarely seen works from masters of the medium, including William Blake, John Brett, John Constable, Thomas Gainsborough, and J. M. W. Turner.

Posted on Wed., May 4, 2022

David Pearson, former director of culture, heritage, and libraries for the City of London Corporation, looks afresh at the Bridgewater Library, informed by recent work on 17th-century private libraries more broadly, with a view to teasing out its cultural value today.

This is the Zeidberg Lecture in the History of the Book.