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Five screen video installation.

A Meditation on the Legacy of Frederick Douglass by Artist and Filmmaker Isaac Julien

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation "Lessons of the Hour" interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass.

Watch

George Prior, Watch, 1775-1825, gold, pearls, and enamel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.316

George Prior, Watch, 1775-1825, gold, pearls, and enamel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.316

George Prior, Watch, 1775-1825, gold, pearls, and enamel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.316

George Prior, Watch, 1775-1825, gold, pearls, and enamel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.316

George Prior, Watch, 1775-1825, gold, pearls, and enamel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.316

Copied George Prior, Watch, 1775-1825, gold, pearls, and enamel, 2 ³⁄₈ in. (6.0 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.316

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Artwork Details

Title: Watch
Artist: George Prior
Date: 1775-1825
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 2 ³⁄₈ in. (6.0 cm) diam.
Credit Line: Gift of John Gellatly
Mediums Description: gold, pearls, and enamel
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Subjects: Dress — accessory — jewelry
Object Number: 1929.8.316
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1929.8.316