American Origins

Seminar Leader:
Carole Shammas, University of Southern California

Image Credit: Unknown (American), Jacob Deyo – Ruth Smith Family Record, ca. 1813. Watercolor and ink on paper, frame: 15 3/8 x 11 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (39.1 x 28.9 x 4.1 cm), frame opening: 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (34.3 × 24.1 cm). The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding. © Courtesy of The Huntington Art Museum, San Marino, California.