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	Podcast:		PMA: Lectures
	Episode:		The Montiers of Philadelphia - Jan 9 2010
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:57:00
	Publish Date:		2010-05-25 10:00:00
	Description:		In 1841, a young Philadelphia bootmaker named Hiram Montier and his new bride Elizabeth Brown had their portraits painted, recording the moment of their marriage for posterity. They could not have known that theirs would be the earliest depictions of an African American couple to survive into the twenty-first century. This lecture by their descendent Dr. William Pickens III traces the family's roots back to Humphrey Morrey, who became the city's first mayor in 1691, and his son Richard, whose common law marriage to a freedwoman named Cremona established one of Philadelphia's most prominent interracial families. The lecture is introduced by Mark D. Mitchell, Assistant Curator of American Art, who situates the Montier portraits in art history. This lecture was held in conjunction with the installation The Montiers of Philadelphia.
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