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A scene in Bridewell prison with Moll Hackabout and the other inmates beating hemp under the supervision of a stern warder holding a cane. Moll is still dressed in her finery, but a one-eyed female attendant fingers the lace lappet hanging from her cap and her serving-woman sits before her in Moll's elegant shoes; next to her a fellow inmate picks vermin off her clothes. Next to Moll is a gambler, a torn playing card on the floor in front of him; behind her, a man stands with his hands in a pillory on which

SYMPOSIUM | HOGARTH: HIS ART, LIFE, AND TIMES. A Tribute to Ronald Paulson

August 7, 2026
14-16 October 2026 Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT Organized by the Lewis Walpole Library in collaboration with the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Library, and...
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New Telephone Number for the Lewis Walpole Library

July 1, 2026
The Lewis Walpole Library has a new telephone number +1 203-737-6644 for the general line, replacing the long-standing old number.  Each member of staff also has a new...
color photo of Gillian Forrester, a white woman with short blond hair

Evening Exhibition Talk: "Street Life: The 'Cries' in British Visual Culture, 1711-1877"

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

Graduate Student Seminar, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9-10 June 2026

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

28th Lewis Walpole Library Lecture videorecording Online

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...

Yale Graduate Student Seminar on William Hogarth (1697–1764)

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

28th Lewis Walpole Library Lecture Announced

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...