Toledo Museum of Arts Opens a Perry's Victory Exhibit

From the Toledo Free Press "Perry's Victory: TMA exhiit celebrates 200th anniversary of Battle of Lake Erie" by Sarah Ottney.

The Toledo Museum of Art's (TMA) newest exhibit combines artwork, history, artifacts and a multi-media display.

The highlight is an eight-foot oil painting by Thomas Birch"Perry's Victory on Lake Erie" and a portrait of Oliver Hazard Perry by Gilbert Stuart. Also at the exhibit is Perry's naval commission signed by President James Madison. Birch started his painting within weeks of the battle. Many other artists painting the victory wrote Perry for accuracy and he did answer some, but it is not known whether he did for Birch. Perry, however, did own one set of the prints.

TMA had a similar exhibit back in 1913, on the centennial of the battle.

Northern Illinois plays a key football game against the University of Toledo This Coming Wednesday. If I Decide to Go, I'll Check Out the Museum. --Brock-Perry