Future Exhibitions

Caricatures, Campagna, and Connoisseurs: Thomas Patch and the British Grand Tour in Eighteenth-Century Italy

man sits astride a golden ass with a painter's pallette in his left hand and a mahl stick in his upraised right hand

Curated by Hugh Belsey, Independent Scholar

On view September 10, 2025 - December 23, 2025

Known primarily as a caricature artist, Thomas Patch (1725-1782) in fact engaged in a much wider array of activities. He was a landscape painter, experimental printmaker, and a dealer of antiquities and old master paintings. He was also among the first scholars of early Renaissance art.  This exhibition will explore the many aspects of Patch’s art, life, and associations with the British community of diplomats, tourists, artists, and collectors in Italy. 

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Stay tuned for annoucements about other future exhibits. 
 
Spring 2026 exhibition around series of Cries (of London and elsewhere), curated by Gillian Forrester
Fall 2026 exhibition around G.A. Stevens’s Lecture on Heads, curated by Marlis Schweitzer
Fall 2026 exhibition at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library around Hogarth, curated by Cynthia Roman
 
Our current exhibition can be seen here

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