The European Vision of America--A Bicentennial Exhibition
FAIN: GM-10627-76
Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH 44106-1711)
William S. Talbot (Project Director: May 1975 to present)
To illustrate the development of the visual image of America in European minds from the time of Columbus to the mid - 19th century. Notions derived from these conceptions played an important part in trans-Atlantic relations and influenced European attitudes at the time of the Revolution.