LOVE LOCAL ART HISTORY LEARN MORE ABOUT IT THIS SATURDAY AT THE PRATT MUSEUM

PRATTSVILLE - Join us at the Zadock Pratt Museum on Saturday, August 17, 1-3 pm to enjoy “Zadock Pratt as Art Patron”, an illustrated talk about a little-know facet of Zadock Pratt’s personality by one of the Pratt Museum’s favorite former curators, Suzanne Walsh. In this lifetime, Pratt commissioned works by John Vanderlyn, Frederick Spenser, Amos Hamlin, Currier & Ives, and others.

Many know Zadock Pratt, founder of Prattsville, NY in 133 as a tanner, banker, soldier, and member of the United States House of Representatives for two non-consecutive terms in the mid-19th century. What is not generally known is that Pratt was an avid art patron, employing the talents of American artists and photographers Matthew Brady, Levi Hill, Asher Durand, J.B. Gregory, Amos Hamlin, and many others. Appointed to a Congressional Committee on public buildings and grounds in 1838 while a member of Congress, Pratt worked with many noted American artists who provided paintings and sculptures for the Capitol Building and the Rotunda. These associations resulted in Pratt’s commissioning of more than a dozen original artworks of the Pratt Family and the Town of Prattsville.

The Zadock Pratt Museum’s mission is to excavate, elevate, and share the rich histories and cultures of Prattsville and the greater tri-county Catskills region. With the life and legacy of Zadock Pratt at our core, it aims to be a critical beacon of local research and education; serve and preserve through community-minded programming, events, and encounters that tell expansive stories; and to contextualize and cultivate ideas that matter.

The Zadock Pratt Museum is located at 14540 Main Street, Prattsville, NY 12468. Admission is Free. Refreshments are served. Visit us at zadockprattmuseum.org or on Facebook @ Zadock Pratt Museum for more

information.