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a short-statured figure with knees together, one hand raised in an oratorial gesture, the other holding a bag over his shoulder stands on a three-legged stool addressing an older man in a wig who leans down over a sign, a group of men sit on the left.
May 2, 2023
In this entry for the Scholars’ Progress blog, Miriam Wallace recounts her experience researching “ ‘speaking subjects’—that is, considering how the visual record...
February 13, 2023
Postponed: Date tba - 10:30 am - 3:00 pm The Lewis Walpole Library is pleased to host a collections-based seminar for graduate students around the exhibition Knight Errant of...
scene of a West Indies marketplace in 1806
December 20, 2022
The recently launched Scholars’ Progress blog has a new post. Teanu Reid, PhD candidate in the African American Studies & History Departments at Yale, writes on “Coast to...
frontis and title page. Frontis depicts a man kneeling in front of a window with a spinning wheel behind him
October 17, 2022
Dr. Andrew Rudd, Senior Lecturer, English Department, University of Exeter 28 October 2022, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Eighteenth-century England witnessed a remarkable...
September 19, 2022
September 20, 2022 7:00 PM Andrew Rudd, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter In this talk, Dr. Andrew Rudd (University of Exeter, UK) will explore the rich and exciting...
September 19, 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 4:00-6:00 PM  Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High Street, New Haven A Conversation jointly organized by The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University and...
June 29, 2022
Wednesday July 20, 2022 12 PM (EDT) This is an online event and registration is required. Register here. II. “The Five-Day Peregrination:” a dizzy journey through the...