Past Exhibitions

Dec. 5, 2015–March 28, 2016

This exhibition presents a more personal side of British portraiture. A wide-ranging selection of small-scale portraits in various media shows how artists from the mid -18th to the early 20th centuries portrayed subjects well-known to them in the prevailing artistic styles of the day.

Nov. 21, 2015–March 22, 2016

As one of the first Chinese Americans admitted to the State Bar of California, Y.C. Hong was a major figure in the Los Angeles Chinese community during the period of the Chinese Exclusion Act, a federal law in effect from 1882 to 1943 that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States.

Sept. 5, 2015–Jan. 4, 2016

The 25 works on view in "American Made," ranging in date from 1700 to 1868, will be familiar to many visitors who have enjoyed them in the Scott Gallery in the past. Among them are paintings by the most influential American artists of the period, such as Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, and Frederick Edwin Church, along with representative pieces of furniture, silver, and sculpture.

Aug. 15, 2015–Dec. 1, 2015

During the 18th and early 19th centuries, the medium of drawing became a thriving industry for British artists, publishers, and draftsmen alike. Caricature was one of the most popular genres in this expanding field.

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.