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TEMPORARY EXHIBIT: April 5th—April 27th

Eric Pape: The Fair God

Experience Eric Pape: The Fair God

An extraordinary fine art exhibit featuring over 50 works by renowned artist and former Cape Ann resident, Eric Pape (1870–1938). Curated predominantly from the private collection of Dr. Gregory Conn, the world’s leading Pape collector and biographer, this special exhibition showcases a select group of Pape’s 300 illustrations for The Fair God (1898)—many unseen since his death in 1938.

Saturday, April 5th through Sunday, April 27th.
9:00 am – 3:00 pm, and the last admittance is at 2:45 pm.

Admission:

  • Members: Free
  • Adults & Teens:  $25 Saturdays & Sundays / $20 Monday – Friday 
  • Seniors: $17 Saturdays & Sundays / $15 Monday – Friday
  • Children (Ages 5-12): $5 Daily
  • Little Children (Ages 4 & Under): Daily free with ticket.
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Highlights Include:

  • Newly restored chapter initials on loan from the Lew Wallace Museum in Indiana
  • Select works from private collectors
  • Four mixed media works by contemporary artist Alberto Romero, including a keystone portrait of Eric Pape

This exhibition coincides with the release of Eric Pape: The Fair God, Dr. Conn’s new compilation of Pape’s book and magazine illustrations. Signed copies will be available for purchase in the Museum Shop in limited quantities.

Your Admission Includes:

  • Admission to Hammond Castle Museum for self-guided tours
  • Access to Eric Pape: The Fair God fine art exhibit
  • Viewing of the three Eric Pape paintings on permanent display, including his sole surviving mural, The Wireless Naval Battle of Gloucester Bay

At the time of the exhibit, it is expected to be the largest collection of Pape’s artworks on public display anywhere in the world, many of which haven’t been publicly seen in nearly a century.

The artwork is primarily on loan from the private collection of avid Pape collector and biographer Dr. Gregory Conn, one of the world’s leading experts on the 20th-century artist. Learn more about Pape at: https://www.ericpape.com

During your visit, you will also be able to view The Wireless Naval Battle of Gloucester Bay, the only surviving mural by the famed artist. The mural was designed as a gift for John Hays Hammond Jr., the inventor and Museum’s founder. Installed and on permanent display in what is now the Lower Den exhibit room, this oil painting depicts a fictitious battle in Gloucester Bay. Pape based the scene on his own experiences with Hammond and was heavily influenced by Hammond’s work for the military. The naval battle scene includes Hammond’s own radio towers, which he erected on the bay shore, as well as the searchlight that Hammond installed for light-controlled, guided vessels.
 The restoration work on the twenty-two-foot-long by two-foot, ten-inch-wide mural was generously sponsored by Dr. Conn and his wife, Dr. Sagrario Ortega. The project was completed in 2020.

All proceeds will support the ongoing restoration and preservation of Hammond Castle Museum.

The Invention Room and Natalie Room will be closed to the public during this exhibition as we prepare to open our two new temporary exhibits: Spinning Platters with Hammond: Inside the World of Vinyl Records and Hammond’s Video Tapes, both of which will open on April 29th.

“AUTUMN” Posed by Alice Byrne Pape Original, pastel on paper, 1918, Eric Pape
“AUTUMN” Posed by Alice Byrne Pape Original, pastel on paper, 1918, Eric Pape
Interior appearance of the Authors Edition of the Fair God, 1898 The illustration “Ears of the Gods”, shown above right, has previously been exhibited at the Hammond Castle Museum, courtesy the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.
Interior appearance of the Authors Edition of the Fair God, 1898 The illustration “Ears of the Gods”, shown above right, has previously been exhibited at the Hammond Castle Museum, courtesy the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.
Ears of the Gods, illustration for the 1898 edition of The Fair God by Lew Wallace Eric Pape, courtesy the Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA.
Ears of the Gods, illustration for the 1898 edition of The Fair God by Lew Wallace Eric Pape, courtesy the Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA.
Chapter initials designed by Eric Pape for The Fair God by Lew Wallace, 1898 These initials were provided by the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana in an unrestored/unconserved state exactly as sold from the “Locked Studio” of Eric Pape. They were first cleaned and conserved by Parker Art Restoration in Vorhees New Jersey, then reframed for museum display by the B. Beamesderfer Gallery in Highland Park, New Jersey before exhibition at the Hammond Castle Museum.
Chapter initials designed by Eric Pape for The Fair God by Lew Wallace, 1898 These initials were provided by the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana in an unrestored/unconserved state exactly as sold from the “Locked Studio” of Eric Pape. They were first cleaned and conserved by Parker Art Restoration in Vorhees New Jersey, then reframed for museum display by the B. Beamesderfer Gallery in Highland Park, New Jersey before exhibition at the Hammond Castle Museum.
Dr. Gregory Conn stands in front of "Wireless Naval Battle in Gloucester Bay", Pape's only remaining mural. Dr. Conn generously sponsored the restoration and preservation of this mural in 2020.
Dr. Gregory Conn stands in front of "Wireless Naval Battle in Gloucester Bay", Pape's only remaining mural. Dr. Conn generously sponsored the restoration and preservation of this mural in 2020.