Thursday 17 November 18:00 - 19:30

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George Romney in the Prison-World of Europe

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This lecture is part of the Autumn 2022 Public Lecture Course, Georgian Provocations Series II

This talk will revisit George Romneyโ€™s sketches toward his unrealised history painting of John Howard and will give an overview of late 18th century prison reform. The talks will discuss the particular issues of composition and individuation which plagued Romney over the course of his drawings and sketches.

No prior art historical knowledge is necessary.

Georgian Provocations Series II is convened by Martin Postle, Senior Research Fellow, the Paul Mellon Centre.

Registration via Eventbrite is required and opens on 16 September. This series will take place in person at the Paul Mellon Centre and will also be streamed live via Zoom Webinar.

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Nicholas Robbins is a lecturer in the Department of History of Art at University College London, where he teaches the history of art and visual culture in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world. He is currently working on a book, The Late Weather, about the aesthetic, scientific and cultural history of climate in nineteenth-century Britain.

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Image credit: George Romney (1734โ€“1802), Howard Visiting a Prison, n.d. Black ink, watercolour and graphite on paper, 36.2 x 53.3 cm. Yale Center for British Art

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