Family Archive Related to Jane Austen
Tue., July 19, 2022 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.
In 1736, just four days before Christmas, 5-year-old Mary “Molly” Leigh wrote a formal letter to her father, Theophilus Leigh, Master of Balliol College, Oxford. The first page of the letter is ruled with straight lines to serve as guides for the novice hand, but the second page lacks them....
Lecture
The Medium Is the Message: Drawing in Britain, 1750-1950
Wed., July 13, 2022
Ann Bermingham, professor emeritus at UC Santa Barbara, uncovers the methods used to create British drawings between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Excursions of Imagination
Tue., July 12, 2022 | Ann Bermingham
Stretching from the 17th to the 20th century, the range of drawings and watercolors in Excursions of Imagination: 100 Great British Drawings from The Huntington’s Collection testifies not only to the richness of The Huntington’s acquisitions but also to the breadth of British graphic art.
News
News Release - The Huntington Acquires the Archive of Leading Early 20th-Century LA Architects John and Donald Parkinson
Tue., July 12, 2022
The extensive, little-known collection documents the development of LA’s City Hall, Union Station, Memorial Coliseum, and other landmarks.
Video
A William Blake Hand Printed Drawing (1795)
Fri., July 8, 2022
There is a unique print found in our exhibition “100 Great British Drawings” that was almost not included.
News
News Release - New Exhibition Will Explore the Making of The Huntington’s Chinese Garden
Wed., July 6, 2022
Visitors to The Huntington will have the chance to gain insight into the design and construction of its Chinese Garden in the “Crafting a Garden: Inside the Creation of Liu Fang Yuan”
Botanical
Titanic Mysteries
Tue., July 5, 2022 | Sandy Masuo
In the botanical world, the Amorphophallus titanum, or Titan Arum, has been an A-list celebrity. The Huntington first acquired one in March 1999, and five months later, the Scott Gallery Loggia was the site of the first recorded flowering of Titan Arum in California.
Exhibitions
News Release - “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” Coming to The Huntington
Thu., June 30, 2022
The international traveling exhibition explores 18th-century French decorative arts as inspiration for Disney’s celebrated animated films, including Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.
Botanical
Water, Water, Everywhere?
Tue., June 28, 2022 | Sandy Masuo
In arid 21st-century California, April arrives at the tail end of the rainy season, which concluded this year with a water shortage emergency announcement. By the time state officials released the statement on April 27, The Huntington's Botanical and Facilities staff members, who closely monitor rainfall and water consumption throughout...
Profiles
Welcoming the 2022–23 Research Fellows
Tue., June 21, 2022 | Steve Hindle
June is a wonderful time of year at The Huntington: The flowers are in bloom, the gardens and galleries are bustling with visitors, and a fresh cohort of scholars are once again poring over our world-class collection of rare books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, paintings, prints, and much more.
Video
2022 Corpse Flower Time Lapse
Sun., June 19, 2022
A time lapse of the 2022 Corpse Flower bloom at The Huntington recorded over a period of about 40 hours. The rare Amorphophallus titanum plant bloomed on June 19, 2022.
Art
Laura Aguilar’s California
Tue., June 14, 2022 | Linde B. Lehtinen, Ph.D. and Dennis Carr
A woman lies naked on the ground, warmed by the sun. The organic lines of her body echo the color and curves of the stone beneath her, and she seems to merge with her environment. The central image is flanked by two photographs of desert bunchgrasses and California fuchsia plants,...