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Full-length portrait of a woman, likely to be Mary Anne Clarke, wearing a white neoclassical dress and standing on a balcony with a curtain drapped from the left corner.
September 27, 2024
The new exhibition “The Paradox of Pearls: Accessorizing Identities in the Eighteenth Century,” Curated by Laura Engel, Professor, Duquesne University, is on view now through...
On the left is shown a colored portrait of artist James Gillray, in the center is title "Gillray, Royals and Censorship," and right is view of auditorium with speakers and panellists
September 10, 2024
The videorecording of “The Limits of Free Speech: Gillray, the Royals and Censorship,” lecture by Tim Clayton with panel discussion Steve Bell and Martin Rowson is now...
screenshot of Youtube listing for video
July 30, 2024
The video recording of the Twenty-Sixth Lewis Walpole Library Lecture: Music on the Dark Side of 1800: Listening to the Blind Virtuosa, Mademoiselle Paradis, is now available...
Gillray's print The Introduction
May 1, 2024
The Limits of Free Speech: Gillray, The Royals and Censorship  Lecture by Tim Clayton, author of James Gillray: A Revolution in Satire, followed by a panel discussion with...
April 3, 2024
The  Library is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024-2025 Fellowship and Travel Grant awards. To see the list of receipients, visit our Fellowship Awards page.
Music on the Dark Side of 1800: Listening to the Blind Virtuosa, Mademoiselle Paradis
January 25, 2024
Music on the Dark Side of 1800: Listening to the Blind Virtuosa, Mademoiselle Paradis Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:30 pm Yale University Art Gallery, Robert L. McNeil, Jr....
January 22, 2024
Curating the Caricature Collection at the Lewis Walpole Library February 4, 2024 2:00 pm The Lewis Walpole Library, 154 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032 Cynthia Roman,...