George Washington’s Closet: Body Politics and Dress in the 18th Century

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES

SPEAKER: Horace Ballard, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Curator of American Art, Harvard Art Museums

Horace D. Ballard (he/they) is the Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Curator of American Art. He investigates the art, ideas, and visual cultures of the United States and the Americas. His research interests include the legibilities of gender and race in 18th- and 19th-century portraiture, colonial men’s fashion, and the visual and material cultures of religion. Before arriving at the Harvard Art Museums, Ballard held positions in the curatorial, education, and interpretation departments of the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA); Yale University Art Gallery; the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD); Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; and the Birmingham Museum of Art.