Gallery Talk • Isaac Sheffield: Portraits from New London’s Whaling Era

Join curator Tanya Pohrt for a gallery talk exploring how Isaac Sheffield’s portraits captured New London’s whaling-era community, while securing his place in the history of American portraiture.

Portraits from New London’s Whaling Era brings together paintings from various regional public and private collections, illuminating this long-overlooked artist’s contributions to regional art and history and to American portraiture more broadly.

Date: Thursday, December 3
Time: Reception 5:30 pm, Talk begins at 6 pm
Cost: Members $15 / Non-Members $20

RSVP to 860.443.2545 ext. 2129 or email us at [email protected]

Image: Isaac Sheffield, Portrait of James Francis Smith (1831-1904), ca. 1837, Oil on canvas, Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, 1943.467