OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
TicketsJan. 24, 2015–April 21, 2015
Timed to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Thirteenth Amendment, this exhibition explores the long, tortuous, and bloody road that led to that fateful vote. With more than 80 items, drawn entirely from The Huntington's rich collection of historical materials, it features rare manuscripts, books, and prints, including letters by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln.
Dec. 19, 2014–April 13, 2015
As one of Britain's premier draftsmen, Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) lent his vast talent to the comic depiction of a wide range of topics, from politics to pornography. His satirical views of Georgian society are among his strongest work, and The Huntington's collection focuses primarily on this aspect of his oeuvre.
Oct. 11, 2014–March 31, 2015
The Huntington's newly acquired painting, The Three Witches or The Weird Sisters by Anglo-Swiss painter Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), appears to be a finished, full-size study for one of the artist's best-known compositions.
Nov. 22, 2014–March 17, 2015
This small exhibition consists of about 30 works from The Huntington's exceptional holdings of drawings and watercolors by Fuseli, William Blake, and the artists most closely associated with them, including George Romney, John Flaxman, Joseph Wright of Derby, James Barry, John Brown, and Richard Cosway.
Nov. 8, 2014–March 10, 2015
This traveling exhibition pairs for the first time 128 works by American photographers Paul Caponigro (b. 1932) and Bruce Davidson (b. 1933), enlightened observers of Britain and Ireland in the 1960s and '70s.
July 19, 2014–Jan. 6, 2015
Thirty rarely seen masterworks from The Huntington's significant collection of American drawings and watercolors are on view during this six-month-long exhibition.
Aug. 29, 2014–Dec. 15, 2014
This focused exhibition explores the darker side of the imagination through a variety of works on paper depicting death, witchcraft, and the demonic in European art.
Aug. 1, 2014–Nov. 3, 2014
Posters from World War I spotlight the use of graphic arts as propaganda
May 10, 2014–Aug. 26, 2014
This exhibition features a selection of 33 of Dürer's most highly regarded prints, which range from small woodcuts to large and ambitious engravings. Originally created for a sophisticated audience from all corners of Europe, the pieces encompass a spectrum of religious and secular themes in rich and complex ways.
March 15, 2014–June 23, 2014
In 1932, The Huntington's curator of manuscripts, Reginald Haselden, received a letter from Harold Willoughby at the University of Chicago, who had enclosed one of four illuminated manuscript leaves that an antiquities dealer was offering for sale.
