William Hogarth is a renowned English engraver and painter described by described by Horace Walpole as “that great and original genius.” This symposium celebrates Professor Ronald Paulson (1930-2024) and the gift of his papers on Hogarth, together with a legacy endowment to establish a fellowship at the Lewis Walpole Library in memory of his son, Andrew Meredith Paulson. Speakers will present new research on the artist, across multi-disciplinary perspectives. Panel themes will include “Paulson’s Hogarth,” “Drawing,” “Nation and Empire,” and “Social and Political Critique.”
Organized by the Lewis Walpole Library in collaboration with the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Library, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
The symposium is free and open to the public. Registration is requested.
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Schedule
Wednesday, October 14
4:30–4:45 pm
Welcome Remarks
Christina Ferando, Head of Research, Yale Center for British Art
Abigail Swingen, W.S. Lewis Librarian and Executive Director, The Lewis Walpole Library
Cynthia Roman, Curator of Prints, Drawings & Paintings, The Lewis Walpole Library
4:45–6:15 pm
Panel Discussion: Paulson’s Hogarth
Moderator: Jill Campbell, Professor of English, Yale University
Speakers:
Douglas Fordham, Professor of Art History, University of Virginia (Breaking and Remaking Hogarth’s Bristol Altarpiece)
Caroline Patey, Chair Professor of English Literature (Professore Ordinario di Letteratura Inglese), Università degli Studi, Milano (William Hogarth, the Novel Maker)
6:15–6:45 pm
Film Screening:
Hogarth, Edward Bennett, 1976 / BFI (23 mins)
Introduced by Pierre Von-Ow, Associate Lecturer in Early Modern Art History, University of St. Andrews
Thursday, October 15
10:15–11:45 am
Panel Discussion: Drawing
Moderator: Laurel Peterson, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, Yale Center for British Art
Speakers:
Zoë Dostal, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Amherst College (Life Models, Hemp Rope, and the Line of Beauty)
Stacey Sloboda, Paul H. Tucker Professor of Art History, University of Massachusetts, Boston (Boys Peeping at Nature: Drawing and Modeling at the St. Martin’s Lane Academy)
Jennifer Tonkovich, Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator, The Morgan Library (The Mutable Page: Hogarth’s Drawings)
12–12:30 pm
Film Screening
William Hogarth by Lichtenberg, Philippe Collin, 1983 / INA (23 mins.)
Introduced by Pierre Von-Ow, Associate Lecturer in Early Modern Art History, University of St. Andrews
2–3 pm
Breakout sessions (sign-up required; limited capacity)
Conservation Studio: Jennifer Tonkovich, Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator, The Morgan Library, and Laurel Peterson, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, Yale Center for British Art—Hogarth’s Drawings: Materials and Techniques
Study Room: Abigail Zitin, Director of the Writing Program and Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University—Analysis of Beauty
3:15–4:15 pm
Breakout sessions (sign-up required; limited capacity)
Gallery: Edward Town, Associate Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, Yale Center for British Art—Hogarth’s World? Curating William Hogarth at the Yale Center for British Art
Study Room: Jill Campbell, Professor of English, Yale University with Cynthia Roman, Curator of Prints, Drawings & Paintings, Lewis Walpole Library—Hogarth and Fielding: Characters and Caricaturas
5–6:30 pm
Reception at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Exhibition on View: Satire, Sympathy, and Social Critique: William Hogarth’s Progress Prints
Friday, October 16
10:15–11:45 am
Panel Discussion: Patriotism and Empire
Moderator: Tim Barringer, Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art, Yale University
Speakers:
Holly Shaffer, Associate Professor of Art and Architecture, and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Brown University (Columbus Breaking the Egg: Hogarth’s Invitation to Supper)
Pierre Von-Ow, Associate Lecturer in Early Modern Art History, University of St. Andrews (A New British Order: Hogarth’s Design for a Domestic Column Capital)
Catherine Roach, Associate Professor of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University (“Purely English”: Hogarth, Nation, and Empire in the Early Nineteenth Century)
12–1 pm
Breakout sessions (choose two of three, sign-up required; limited capacity)
Study Room: Hannibal de Pencier, PhD Candidate, History of Art, Yale University—Theft by Memory: Hogarth’s “A Rake’s Progress” and Its Pirates
Study Room: Jean Paik, PhD Candidate, English, Yale University—Prisons and Political Critique
Fourth-floor Galleries: Archie Hamerton, PhD Candidate, English, Yale University—Hogarth in Conversation
2–3:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Social and Political Critique
Moderator: Miya Tokumitsu, Donald T. Fallati and Ruth E. Pachman Curator of the Davison Art Collection, Wesleyan University
Speakers:
Meredith Gamer, Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University (Hogarth’s Children)
Andrew Rudd, FSA, Director of Studies at Anglo Educational Services in London (Hogarth, Walpole, and London’s Children’s Charities)
Phil Withington, Professor of Social and Cultural History, University of Sheffield (Hogarth, Addiction, and Political Economy in Early Modern London)
3:30–4 pm
Film Screening:
The London of William Hogarth, directed and produced by Phil Barnard and Bruce Cornwell, 1956 / With Permission of Scott and Eric Cornwell. (26 mins.)
Introduced by Pierre Von-Ow, Associate Lecturer in Early Modern Art History, University of St. Andrews
4:15–4:45 pm
Closing Remarks:
Cynthia Roman, Curator of Prints, Drawings & Paintings, The Lewis Walpole Library
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This program is made possible through the support of the Lewis Walpole Library and a generous gift of Richard Greenberg in memory of Ronald Paulson.
