Virtual Discussion | History Book Club “The Radical Potter”
The History Book Club presents free, bimonthly discussions about literature and art, and you’re invited. These talks focus on books about life in Europe and America during the 18th and 19th centuries, inspired by the collections of the two MFAH house museums: Bayou Bend and Rienzi.
The biography The Radical Potter: The Life and Times of Josiah Wedgwood tells the story of celebrated 18th-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795). Author Tristram Hunt, one of Britain’s leading historians, is the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The New York Times review calls the book “utterly transporting and extremely cozy.”
Free / Live via Zoom / Wednesday, November 9
1:30 p.m. Discussion | Register Here
7 p.m. Discussion | Register Here
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Questions? 713.639.7800 or 713.639.7759 / rienzi@mfah.org or bayoubend@mfah.org
Education programs at Bayou Bend receive generous funding from Houston Junior Woman's Club; Sharon G. Dies; Mary Lynn and Steve Marks; Susan Vaughan Foundation; Ralph H. and Ruth J. McCullough Foundation; Ms. Bobbie Nau; and additional generous donors.
The education programs also receive endowment income from funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate; and the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Endowment.
Education programs at Rienzi receive generous funding from the Sterling-Turner Foundation; Alkek and Williams Foundation; Carroll Sterling and Harris Masterson III Endowment; and the Caroline Wiess Law Endowment for Rienzi.