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Quarterly newsletter about the history and restoration of Cloverfields and the people who lived there, by Sherri Marsh Johns

Cloverfields Preservation  Foundation
  • History/
    • Story
    • Philemon Hemsley
    • William Hemsley
    • Construction Phases
    • Timeline
    • Mobile Phone Tour
  • Restoration/
    • Process
    • Team
  • Research/
    • Exterior 3D Site Video
    • Exterior 3D Site Tour
    • Interior 3D House Tour
    • Post Restoration Interior 3D Site Tour
    • 1965 Historic American Building Survey Photos
    • 2018 Historic American Building Survey Photos
    • 2022 Historic American Building Survey Photos
  • Archaeology/
    • Lead Cloth Seal
    • German Stoneware
    • Eighteenth-Century Shoe Buckle
    • Bone Grommet & Parasol Tips
    • Window Lead
    • Botanical Remains
    • Ice House
  • Archive/
  • News/
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October 26, 2023

In This Issue: Discovering William Hemsley, Jr. (1766-1825) in Art and Life, CPF Acquires the Hemsley-Forman Desk and Bookcase, and Summer in Review

October 26, 2023/ Sherri Marsh Johns
In This Issue: Discovering William Hemsley, Jr. (1766-1825) in Art and Life, CPF Acquires the Hemsley-Forman Desk and Bookcase, and Summer in Review

The image shows a mature man, poised and confident, with wide blue eyes and a mouth conveying just a hint of a smile. Hemsley's unhappy biography is at odds with the sitter’s sanguine expression.

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October 26, 2023/ Sherri Marsh Johns/ Comment
Historic Preservation, architectural conservation, Rachel Lovett, Historic Interior, Architectural History, material culture, William Hemsley, William Hemsley Jr. (1766-1825), Robert Field, portraiture, Furniture, slavery, enslaved labor, decorative arts