Art Lecture with Alice Schwarz - A Closer Look: Nydia

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Nydia was the most popular American sculpture of the nineteenth century and was replicated by artist Randolph Rogers 167 times in two sizes. Join Alice W. Schwarz, museum educator, for an in-depth analysis of the sculpture and passages of the 1834 book The Last Days of Pompeii that inspired it.  (Sponsored by the Friends of the Library)

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