"James Gillray's Hogarthian Progresses" a new exhibition at the Lewis Walpole Library, April 6 - September 16, 2016

James Gillray's Hogarthian Progresses

April 6 through September 16, 2016

Curated by
Cynthia Roman
Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Paintings, the Lewis Walpole Library

Sequential narration in satiric prints is most famously associated with the “modern moral subjects” of William Hogarth (1697–1764): Harlot’s Progress (1732), A Rake’s Progress (1735), Marriage A-la-Mode (1745), andIndustry and Idleness (1747) among others. Less well-known is the broad spectrum of legacy “progresses” produced by subsequent generations drawing both on Hogarth’s narrative strategies and his iconic motifs. James Gillray (1756–1815), celebrated for his innovative single-plate satires, was also among the most accomplished printmakers to adopt Hogarthian sequential narration even as he transformed it according to his unique vision. This exhibition presents a number of Gillray’s Hogarthian progresses alongside some selected prints by Hogarth himself.

Evening public talk presented in collaboration with the Farmington Libraries

by exhibition curator Cynthia Roman
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7 pm

The talk will be held at the Lewis Walpole Library, 154 Main Street, Farmington, CT
Space is Limited to 35. Advanced Registration is required on the Farmington Libraries events calendar.