Past Exhibitions

June 13, 2015—Oct. 12, 2015

This exhibition celebrates the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta by exploring the language and ideology of constitutionalism (both written and unwritten) and the rule of law.

March 28, 2015—Sept. 28, 2015

This exhibition of about two dozen drawings, watercolors, and prints, drawn from The Huntington's collections, explores the great range of artistic styles employed by British artists through a period of dramatic social upheaval and change.

May 16, 2015—Sept. 7, 2015

This exhibition features nine 18th-century pastels from The Huntington's holdings, which have not been on public view for nearly a decade.

June 12, 2015—Aug. 24, 2015

Botanical artists have traditionally depicted conventionally beautiful flora. This exhibition showcases nature's oddities, plants of charismatic quirkiness that have a bizarre beauty all their own.

April 18, 2015—Aug. 10, 2015

With Rome as its primary focus, this exhibition features the prints, drawings, and watercolors of 18th and 19th-century British artists from The Huntington's art collections.

Jan. 24, 2015—May 5, 2015

Samuel F. B. Morse, of Morse code fame, may be better known as an inventor, but he began his career as a painter. This exhibition focuses exclusively on his masterwork, Gallery of the Louvre (1831–1833), featuring great paintings from the Louvre's collection.

Jan. 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.