Join us on Thursday, July 14, 2022 from 7-8 PM for a special virtual presentation that will highlight two paintings by 19th-century American portrait artist, Ammi Phillips, that were stolen and missing from HHS for fifty years. The two portraits, returned with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, depict prominent New Paltz residents Dirck D. Wynkoop (1738-1827) and his wife Annatje Eltinge (1748-1827). This talk will feature presentations by Josephine Bloodgood, HHS Director of Curatorial and Preservation Affairs and Carol Johnson, HHS Trustee and Coordinator of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at Elting Memorial Library. Together, they will relay the story of the paintings’ shocking theft and amazing recovery.

This program will be presented entirely online, via a link provided after registration.

$10 General Admission

$8 Discounted admission for HHS members, seniors, and students

Free for veterans, active military members, and their families

 Sponsored by Stephen P. Lumb, James Ottaway, Marianne Murray and Rich Rowley, Mary Etta Schneider, Catherine and George Sifre, Richard and Elizabeth Smith, Carleen and Gary Wald, and Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This program is funded in part by a Humanities New York SHARP Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.