History in the Making: A Camilla Huey Exhibition of Corsetry-Inspired Art at Harlem's Morris-Jumel Mansion

If the words “bodice ripper” spring to mind while perusing the work of Camilla Huey, whose sculptural installation, “The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry and Binding,” opens next week at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, a historic residence in Washington Heights, it’s not meant as a put-down.

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History in the Making: A Camilla Huey Exhibition of Corsetry-Inspired Art at Harlem's Morris-Jumel Mansion

Camilla Huey Artworks

Margaret Moncrieffe (1763-?) — Camilla Huey Artworks

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Aaron Burr Archives - New York Almanack

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The Loves of Aaron Burr — Camilla Huey Artworks

The Loves of Aaron Burr — Camilla Huey Artworks

Mary Emmons (1760-1835) — Camilla Huey Artworks

The Loves of Aaron Burr — Camilla Huey Artworks