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Key to Exhibitions of Prints from Melville's Collection

Pittsfield 1950 = Prints Collected by Herman Melville Lent by Mr. Samuel T. Sukel (Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Athenaeum, July – August 1950).

Georgetown 1985 = The Osborne Collection of Melville Materials at Southwestern University (Georgetown, Texas: Cody Memorial Library, February 1985). Catalog by T. Walter Herbert, Jr., and Jon D. Swartz. Reprinted in part in Melville Society Extracts 61 (1985): 8-10.

South Street 1991 = Melville's Picture Gallery (New York: A. A. Low Gallery, South Street Seaport Museum, opened September 24, 1991). Stuart Frank, guest curator.

Snug Harbor 1998 = Herman Melville's Print Collection (Staten Island, N. Y.: Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, part of the exhibition Ahab's Wife: Harbor Soundings, Ocean Dreams, May 16 - October 4, 1998). Flyer.

New Bedford 1999 = Maritime Prints from Herman Melville's Collection of Art (New Bedford, Mass.: Old Dartmouth Historical Society--New Bedford Whaling Museum, June 1999 - January 2000). Catalog by Robert K. Wallace.

South Street 2000 = Maritime Prints from Herman Melville's Collection of Art (New York City: New Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport Museum, May - November 2000). From New Bedford, 1999.

Pittsfield 2001 = Selected Prints from Herman Melville's Collection of Art in Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Publication of 'Moby-Dick' (Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Athenaeum, July - August 2001). Selected by Robert K. Wallace.

Arrowhead 2003 = "Water and Meditation are Wedded For Ever": Turner Seascapes from Melville's Print Collection (Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire County Historical Society at Arrowhead, May - September 2003). Guest curator, Robert K. Wallace.

Pittsfield 2003 = "Dreamy, Shady, Quiet, Enchanting, Romantic": Turner Landscapes from Melville's Print Collection (Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Athenaeum, June - September 2003). Guest curator, Robert K. Wallace.

London 2017 = "Melville's Prints after Turner" (London: Tate Britain Museum of Art, July 2017). Guest curator, Robert K. Wallace.