1981

Photograph of marble sculpture of bust of woman with roses in her hair and ivy draped across her breast
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Eight Portrait Busts
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In line with other exhibitions devoted to lesser-known aspects of its holdings, The Frick Collection presented an exhibition organized around its marble portrait busts by Houdon: Comtesse du Cayla and Armand-Thomas Hue, Marquis de Miromesnil.

Watercolor of hunched winged man reading book
William Blake Watercolor Illustrations for The Pilgrim’s Progress
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The Frick Collection once again presented an exhibition of William Blake's illustrations for John Bunyan's Pilgrim’s Progress. The exhibition complemented the collection of Blake's watercolors and illuminated books then on view at the Morgan Library.