Past | Present | Future | 2021

A selection of artwork from the College's Art Collection,; open to Lafayette students, faculty, and staff by appointment only.

William Center Gallery

William BLAKE (English, 1757–1827), CHAUCERS CANTERBURY PILGRIMS, / Painted in Fresco by William Blake & by him Engraved & Published October 8, 1810; engraving, 13 1/4 x 37 1/2 in.

Frederick Knecht DETWILLER, (American, 1882-1953)
Hudson Bridge, 1928, 17 x 11 3/4 in., Copper etching plate, 2012.02.16
Hudson Bridge (George Washington Bridge), 1928, Nov. 17; 18 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.; Watercolor, pencil, pen, paper 1996.02.09
Hudson Bridge, 1928, etching

Frederick Knecht DETWILLER (American, 1882–1953), Lafayette College Series: The Star Barn, 1949, Dec.; watercolor 20 X 15 in., P 613
Trail Green Observatory, shown with northern lights, built 1864, originally on the site of Colton Chapel, moved to site of Markle Hall in 1914, torn down 1929. Stones used in building the gateway to steps on Third Street.

David Clyde DRISKELL (American 1931–2020); Accent of Autumn, 2016; Ed. 30/60; 42 x 30 in.; Textured screen print; 2020.03; Gift of Jon D Smith, Jr. ’66 in honor of Professor Curlee Raven Holton, 2020

Albrecht DURER, (German, 1471–1528); The Lamentation, from the Large Passion, c. 1498–1499; woodcut; NC 111

Melvin EDWARDS (American, b. 1937); Untitled, 2005; Ed. 7/10; image size: 34 × 22 in.; sheet size: 41 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. 2013.04.073; Printer & Publisher, Experimental Printmaking Institute

Larry FINK (American, b. 1941), Orpheus Orchestra Rehearsals at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York, and Lafayette College, January 2008, 2009, 6 photographs
Larry Fink was commissioned by Lafayette’s President Weiss and Cultural Programs to document the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s rehearsals for performances at Carnegie Hall and Lafayette College, 2008 & 2009; Gifts by anonymous donors; 2019

Larry FINK (American, b. 1941); American Museum of Natural History, New York, from the series, Night at the Museum, November 2014, 2016; 22 x 17 in. overall sheet; archival pigment print; 2019.13.07; Anonymous gift, 2019

Buckminster FULLER(American, 1895–1983); Building Construction-Dymaxion Deployment Unit, 1981; Ed. 24/60; A- clear film. silkscreened with white ink 30 x 40 in.; B- plain blue backing sheet
30 x 40 in.; 2017.06.01a & c; Gift of Carl and Elizabeth Solway, 2017

Unknown Photographer; Edward McCartan, sculptor; Photographs, plaster model of McCartan’s; “Republic” for Kirby Hall of Civil Rights
The plaster model can be viewed in the Kirby Art Study Center, adjacent the main lobby.

Alphonse MUCHA, (Czech, 1860–1939); La Dame aux Camellias. Sarah Bernhardt, c. 1895–1900; 79 x 30 in. ss. lithograph; P 902

Thomas NAST (American, 1840–1902); All Rights Reserved, alt title: “Perhaps this will bring them to their senses,” 11 x 9 1/4 in., 2012.01.62
Engraving with pen and ink notes by Nast: “Perhaps This Will Bring Them to Their Senses,” 1882; 15 3/4 x 10 3/4 in., 2015.06.01, Wood engraving, published Harper’s Weekly, December 23, 1882

Thomas NAST (American, 1840–1902); Sunset (Cox) in Turkey (in Europe), 1885 10 1/2 x 11 3/16 in.; Pen and ink; Published in Harper’s Weekly, 1885, pg 807 2012.01.11
Samuel Sullivan “Sunset” Cox (1824-1889) was nominated by Grover Cleveland as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, May 1885.
Gift of Mabel Nast Crawford

Giovanni Battista PIRANESI (Italian, 1720–1778); Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella, 1762; (Tomb of Caecilia Metella); etching/ laid paper with watermark; 21 x 29 1/8 in. (sheet size)
Caeciliae Q Cretici F Metellae Crassi (on castle); text block on lower left; 112 XXVI; Piranesi, F. lower right.

Joan SNYDER (American, b. 1940); Can We Turn Our Rage To Poetry?, 1985 7 color lithograph on Rives BFK; Image & sheet size: 30 x 44 in. 2011.03.02; Gift of Ananda Holton, 2011

Faith RINGGOLD (American, b. 1930), Coming to Jones Road: Under a Blood Red Sky #6, 2005; image size: 17 1/4 × 23 1/16 in.; sheet size: 22 1/4 × 30 1/4 in.2 013.04.021; Color etching on paper
Printer and publisher, Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College

Faith RINGGOLD (American, b. 1930); You Put the Devil in Me, 2004; Ed. 1/100; image size: 25 3/4 × 19 1/2 in.; sheet size: 29 3/8 × 22 1/4 in. Screenprint on paper; 2013.04.027; Printer and publisher, Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College

SOMMER, Giorgio, (Italian, born Germany 1834–1914); Chiostro di S. Martino (Cloister of the Monastery of S. Martino), c. 1860s; 11 x 14 3/4 in.; 2019.03.132; Vintage Albumen print from collodian negative; Gift of Bennett (‘79) and Meg Goodman, 2018

Giorgio SOMMER (Italian, born Germany 1834–1914); Strada delle Tombe (Street of Tombs); (before 79 CE), Pompeii, Italy, c. 1860s; 10-3/4 x 15 in.; Vintage albumen print from collodian negative
2018.03.126; Gift of Bennett (‘79) and Meg Goodman, 2018

James H. Whitehouse, attr.; Louis C. Tiffany & Company; Shield of Achilles, 1876–1880, ca.; 40 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.; 1997.02; Black and brown drawing inks, brown wash, graphite, wove paper. The drawing was the result of a class assignment to represent the Shield of Achilles as described in eighteenth book of the Iliad.

Robert WHITMAN (American, b. 1935); Local Report, Easton, 2005; media work, exhibition copy; 2019.01.03

William WALCUTT (American, 1819–1882); Pulling Down the Statue of George III at Bowling Green, NY, 1776, 1857; 51 5/8 x 77 5/8 in.; Oil on canvas; M 340

Unknown Artist; Untitled (Pastoral Landscape from “new” McKeen Hall); Oil on canvas

White Mountain Apache Indians; Basket; Collected by C. E. Bates; 5 1/2 x 20 x 20 in.; NAB 06
The Lafayette College collection of Indigenous Art is largely composed of objects transferred from the Smithsonian in the 1920s. These objects are reflective of the Smithsonian’s early history and collecting practices and arrived at the college as part of a museum program to transfer duplicate objects