This article explores the ways in which 19th-century paintings collected by Americans of Irish descent complement the official celebrations aimed at commemorating the Irish diaspora in the United States. It shows how these paintings are usually selected by art collectors for their authenticity, a quality often associated with artworks conveying stereotypes about Irishness as well as some nostalgia for the homeland. By exhibiting such images, an individual presents his own vision of the past and this private form of remembrance is likely to participate in the construction of a cultural identity in the collective imagination, especially when the collector lends his paintings to a public gallery. Thus, these pictorial symbols of Irishness may ...
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) was a Scottish painter whose work was mostly devoted to the repres...
This article will attempt to analyse different aspects of emigration to the United States as it is d...
This collection of essays explores the concept of patrimoine, a French word used to denote cultural ...
The 1897 Irish Fair in New York City is significant for its map exhibit of a topographical map of Ir...
This article will trace how expressions of Irish culture in London have evolved in the period follow...
My article investigates the transnational nature of the Irish Famine immigrants, recasting the Irish...
Exhibiting Irishness traces multiple constructions of Irish identity in national and international d...
Cet article examine en quoi des expositions peuvent aider les historiens à mieux appréhender les rep...
This article investigates the conflicted cultural identity of those Irish-speaking antiquarians work...
This article examines how a transnational vision of Ireland was created in the United States by two ...
The article comprises brief appreciations about the importance and contribution of the Miniature Art...
During the second half of the nineteenth century, commissioning and collecting art became an essenti...
The nineteenth-century artist, Erskine Nicol (1825–1904) is well known for his anecdotal and humorou...
After discussing some of the most important facts and figures pertaining to An Gorta Mór (the Great ...
The article explores the production of historical narratives in two national museums, the National M...
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) was a Scottish painter whose work was mostly devoted to the repres...
This article will attempt to analyse different aspects of emigration to the United States as it is d...
This collection of essays explores the concept of patrimoine, a French word used to denote cultural ...
The 1897 Irish Fair in New York City is significant for its map exhibit of a topographical map of Ir...
This article will trace how expressions of Irish culture in London have evolved in the period follow...
My article investigates the transnational nature of the Irish Famine immigrants, recasting the Irish...
Exhibiting Irishness traces multiple constructions of Irish identity in national and international d...
Cet article examine en quoi des expositions peuvent aider les historiens à mieux appréhender les rep...
This article investigates the conflicted cultural identity of those Irish-speaking antiquarians work...
This article examines how a transnational vision of Ireland was created in the United States by two ...
The article comprises brief appreciations about the importance and contribution of the Miniature Art...
During the second half of the nineteenth century, commissioning and collecting art became an essenti...
The nineteenth-century artist, Erskine Nicol (1825–1904) is well known for his anecdotal and humorou...
After discussing some of the most important facts and figures pertaining to An Gorta Mór (the Great ...
The article explores the production of historical narratives in two national museums, the National M...
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) was a Scottish painter whose work was mostly devoted to the repres...
This article will attempt to analyse different aspects of emigration to the United States as it is d...
This collection of essays explores the concept of patrimoine, a French word used to denote cultural ...