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Zara Anishanslin

Zara Anishanslin
Zara Anishanslin is Associate Professor of History and Art History at the University of Delaware. She is the author of the award-winning Portrait of a Woman in Silk: Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World and has served as a historical consultant for the Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as “Hamilton: The Exhibition.”


Painting the Revolution:
The Artists Who Joined the Fight For American Independence

Zara Anishanslin on the Forgotten History of the Transatlantic Artists Who Promoted the Patriot Cause
July 17, 2025  By Zara Anishanslin
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