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red outline of an old dial telephone with Area Code 203 737-6644 beneath
July 1, 2026
The Lewis Walpole Library has a new telephone number (203) 737-6644 for the general line, replacing the long-standing old number.  Each member of staff also has new direct...
color photo of Gillian Forrester, a white woman with short blond hair
May 4, 2026
Lewis Walpole Library-Farmington Libraries Exhibition Talk Thursday, June 11 7 to 8 pm Street Life: The “Cries” in British Visual Culture, 1711-1877 By Gillian Forrester,...
young woman carries an assortment of canns and other metal wares on her head
April 13, 2026
Gillian Forrester, Independent art historian and curator of the current exhibition on “Cries” will lead a collection-based seminar for graduate students. Following a curator-...
Lecturer Frédéric Ogée speaking at the podium at the Yale University Art Gallery
April 2, 2026
The videorecording of the 28th Lewis Walpole Library Lecture, “Art and Truth: William Hogarth and the English Enlightenment” is now available online on the Yale Library...
January 8, 2026
Prof. Frédéric Ogée 11 February 2026, 10 am to 12:30 pm, Yale Center for British Art The Lewis Walpole Library has organized and will present a seminar on William Hogarth at...
oil painting 3/4 view self-portrait of William Hogarth, holding a palette in his hand and looking at the viewer
November 20, 2025
28th Lewis Walpole Library Lecture Thursday, February 12, 2026 5:30 pm Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Lecture Hall, Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT...
detail of painting "the Golden Asses" showing Thomas Patch astride a figure of a golden ass on a pedestal, two men looking up at him. all figures in caricature
October 14, 2025
Don’t miss “Caricatures, Campagna, and Connoisseurs: Thomas Patch and the British Grand Tour in Eighteenth-Century Italy,” on view at the LWL through December 15. This...