Matthew Skic
Publications
Books
Liberty: Don Troiani's Paintings of the Revolutionary War
Exhibit Catalog (principal author), Stackpole Books
October 2021
Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier
Exhibit Catalog, Museum of the American Revolution
November 2019
Among His Troops: Washington's War Tent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor
Exhibit Catalog (co-author), Museum of the American Revolution
July 2019
Articles
"Loyalty, Delirium and Grief: The Portraits of Richard Mansergh St George"
Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies, Vol. 23
December 2021
"Fascinating, dramatic, tragic life"
The Irish Echo
November 7, 2019
"In His Own Image"
National Gallery of Victoria Magazine
September/October 2019
"Done in by Rebellion"
The Magazine Antiques
September/October 2019
"'The Industry of Our Ingenious Gunsmiths': John Nicholson and Joseph Perkin in Revolutionary Philadelphia"
The Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum
2019
"Philadelphia's Newest Gem: The Museum of the American Revolution"
Antiques & Fine Art
Summer 2017
"Joseph Perkin Arms the Revolution"
The Bulletin of the American Society of Arms Collectors
2017
"The American Revolution Comes to Life in Philadelphia"
The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust
Winter 2016-2017
"'Stand Fast in the Liberty': A Rare Waistcoat Belt"
52nd Annual Delaware Antiques Show Catalogue
November 2015
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Master's Thesis
"'Muskets for the use of the United States': Philadelphia's Gunsmiths during the War for Independence"
Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware
May 2016
Blog Posts
"'Our dear Father': Investigating the Portrait of Harmanus Ten Eyck"
Material Matters (Blog of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture)
May 22, 2015
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"View Finding: Thomas Davies and the Assault on Fort Washington"
Material Matters (Blog of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture)
October 27, 2014
"'With great good nature': An Unfamiliar Portrait of George Washington"
Oh Say Can You See? (Blog of the National Museum of American History)
December 19, 2013
"Jugs and Mugs Celebrate Oliver Hazard Perry, 'Hero of the Lakes'"
Oh Say Can You See? (Blog of the National Museum of American History)
September 10, 2013
"Weekends in the Past: The Life of a Reenactor"
Oh Say Can You See? (Blog of the National Museum of American History)
April 19, 2013
