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Wendy Bellion

Wendy Bellion is the author of Iconoclasm in New York: Revolution to Reenactment (2019) and a professor of American art history and material culture at the University of Delaware.

Stories from this author

Johannes Adam Simon Oertel's 1852–53 depiction of the George III's statue toppling features several ahistorical elements, including the presence of Alexander Hamilton and a fictionalized Native American family.

A Toppled Statue of George III Illuminates the Ongoing Debate Over America’s Monuments

In July 1776, colonists destroyed a sculpture of the English king. A new exhibit explores this iconoclasm’s legacy—and its implications for today