Past Exhibitions

Fall 2011

Johan Zoffany RA: Society Observed October 27, 2011–February 12, 2012

Adapting the Eye: An Archive of the British in India, 1770–1830 October 11, 2011-December 31, 2011

Summer 2011

Connections May 20, 2011–September 11, 2011

Spring 2011

Art in Focus: William III April 8, 2011-July 31, 2011	"into the light of things": Rebecca Salter, works 1981-2010 February 3, 2011-May 1, 2011
Thomas Lawrence: Regency Power and Brilliance February 24, 2011-June 5, 2011

Fall 2010

Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling, Architect and Teacher October 14, 2010-January 2, 2011

The Independent Eye: Contemporary British Art from the Collection of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie September 16, 2010-January 2, 2011

Summer 2010

Seeing Double: Portraits, Copies, and Exhibitions in 1820s London June 24, 2010-September 19, 2010	Art for All: British Posters for Transport May 27, 2010-August 15, 2010
Structured Elegance: Bookbindings and Jewelry by Romilly Saumarez Smith June 24, 2010-September 19, 2010

Spring 2010

Art in Focus: Installation, Interpretation, Narration March 24, 2010-June 27, 2010	Art in Focus: John Flaxman Modeling the Bust of William Hayley February 4, 2010-May 30, 2010
Compass and Rule: Architecture as Mathematical Practice in England, 1500-1750 February 18, 2010-May 30, 2010	Varieties of Romantic Experience: Drawings from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp February 4, 2010–April 25, 2010

Fall 2009

Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill October 15, 2009–January 3, 2010	Promiscuous Assemblage, Friendship, & The Order of Things September 24, 2009-July 18, 2010
Mrs. Delany and her Circle September 24, 2009–January 3, 2010

Summer 2009

Dalou in England: Portraits of Womanhood, 1871–1879 June 11, 2009-August 23, 2009	Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London May 7, 2009-July 26, 2009
Seascapes: Marine Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection May 28, 2009-August 23, 2009

Spring 2009

"Endless forms": Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts February 12, 2009–May 3, 2009

Fall 2008

Sun, Wind, and Rain: The Art of David Cox October 16, 2008-January 4, 2009

Benjamin West and the Venetian Secret September 18, 2008–January 4, 2009

Summer 2008

Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection June 10, 2008-August 17, 2008

Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool May 22, 2008-August 31, 2008

Spring 2008

Art in Focus: Figuring Women: The Female in Modern British Art March 28, 2008-June 8, 2008	Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600-1830 February 7, 2008-April 27, 2008
A New World: England's First View of America March 6, 2008-June 1, 2008	The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting, 1830-1925 February 7, 2008-April 27, 2008

Fall 2007

Works by Ori Gersht November 5, 2007-December 30, 2007

Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds September 27, 2007-December 30, 2007

Summer 2007

Jem Southam: Upton Pyne August 28, 2007-December 30, 2007

Spring 2007

Paul Mellon's Legacy: A Passion for British Art April 18, 2007-July 29, 2007	Howard Hodgkin: Paintings 1992-2007 February 1, 2007-April 1, 2007
Art in Focus: Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science March 30, 2007-June 11, 2007

Fall 2006

Canaletto in England: A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746–1755 October 19, 2006-December 31, 2006

Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 October 5, 2006–December 31, 2006

Summer 2006

Searching for Shakespeare June 23, 2006-September 17, 2006

Britannia and Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars May 25, 2006-September 10, 2006

Spring 2006

Mr. Whatman's Mill: Papermaking and the Art of Watercolor in Eighteenth-century Britain February 22, 2006-June 4, 2006

London: John Virtue February 2, 2006-April 23, 2006

Fall 2005

Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's "Cottage Door" October 6, 2005-December 31, 2005

Summer 2005

The Worlds of Francis Wheatley August 31, 2005-December 31, 2005

Whistler: The Naval Review May 19, 2005-August 15, 2005

Spring 2005

Nobleness and Grandeur: Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760-1850 January 27, 2005-April 24, 2005

William Hodges, 1744-1749: The Art of Exploration January 27, 2005-April 24, 2005

Fall 2004

"The Beauty of Life": William Morris and the Art of Design October 14, 2004-January 2, 2005

The Poetry of Truth: Alfred William Hunt and the Art of Landscape September 18, 2004-December 12, 2004

Summer 2004

Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature in the Victorian Era June 12, 2004-August 8, 2004

The Art of James Ward May 21, 2004-August 22, 2004

Spring 2004

Just what is it that makes British Pop so different, so appealing? Works on Paper from the Yale Center for British Art February 12, 2004-May 9, 2004

Richard Hamilton: Prints and Multiples, 1939–2002 February 12, 2004-May 24, 2004

Fall 2003

Company Culture: British Artists and the East India Company, 1770-1830 October 16, 2003-January 11, 2004

Traces of India: Photography, Architecture, and the Politics of Representation October 16, 2003-January 11, 2004

Summer 2003

Behold, the Sea Itself June 14, 2003-September 7, 2003

Spring 2003

Bill Brandt: A Retrospective April 16, 2003-July 20, 2003	Romantics & Revolutionaries: Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, London January 23, 2003–March 30, 2003
The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions January 23, 2003-March 30, 2003

Fall 2002

Romantic Watercolor: The Hickman Bacon Collection October 10, 2002-January 5, 2003

The Romantic Landscape Print: "The Chiaroscuro of Nature" September 25, 2002-December 29, 2002

Summer 2002

Cooking the Books: Ron King and Circle Press June 15, 2002-September 8, 2002

Spring 2002

Paula Rego: Celestina's House April 18, 2002–July 14, 2002

Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II January 25, 2002-March 17, 2002