Defying Empire: Revolutionary Prints from Britain and America
On view through August 1, 2026
Haggerty Museum of Art
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
marquette.edu/haggerty
On the eve of America’s 250th, “Defying Empire: Revolutionary Prints from Britain and America” explores how eighteenth-century British and American prints shaped public opinion, inviting visitors to visualize a passionate, participatory Revolution. Drawn from the collections of the Haggerty Museum of Art and the Chipstone Foundation, the exhibition brings together works by eighteenth‑century Britons and Americans to frame the period as a site of transatlantic political exchange.
Find out more: https://www.marquette.edu/haggerty-museum/defying-empire.php
[Image: Paul Revere, American, 1735-1818 / Henry Pelham, American, 1749-1806, Bloody Massacre 1770, Boston, Massachusetts. Engraving in black with hand coloring in blue, black, red, turquoise, green, brown, purple, orange, and yellow on paper, 10 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches. Collection of The Chipstone Foundation.]
