Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly, 1852 Among one of the most prized and recognizable treasures in the Redwood’s collection is a first edition copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. When it was published, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the most popular novel of the nineteenth century, and only the second most influential and famous […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Visitors to and members of the Redwood Library recognize the importance of the name Jane Stuart. She was a visionary painter, and daughter to one of the fathers of American painting — Gilbert Stuart. It’s easy to forget that Jane was an average person, despite her talents and place in history. She dressed up for […]
Abraham Redwood (1709-1788), founder of the Redwood Library, made his fortune on a sugar plantation in Antigua. By his mid-thirties, he was able to retire as the second wealthiest man in the colonies, and chose Newport as his home. He became close friends with Bishop George Berkeley, who regularly participated in philosophical discussion with other […]
Leora Maltz-Leca is Professor of Contemporary Art, and Head of Theory and History of Art and Design at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. She is the author of William Kentridge: Process as Metaphor and Other Doubtful Enterprises (Univ. of California, 2018) and has written for Artforum, Frieze, African Arts, Art South Africa, ArteEast as well as Art Bulletin, where […]
