The Society’s Annual General Meeting takes place at 7.30pm at the Chiswick Memorial Club.
The bookstall will be open and, following the business meeting, there will be short talks by members on their recent research
Hogarth’s Prints
2 May, 6.30pm Tickets £10
at Hogarth’s House. Hogarth Lane, Great West Road, London W4 2QN
Sheila O’Connell , Assistant Keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum and author of The Popular Print in England takes a close look at some of Hogarth’s prints, providing a chance to discover how he worked and see what the content of the images meant to 18th century viewers.
Reserve your ticket by calling 020 8994 6757 or emailing hogarthshouse@laing.com
Johann Zoffany, artist and adventurer
Monday 16 April 2012, 7.30pm at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House
an illustrated talk by Penelope Treadwell, his biographer and a former owner of his Strand on the Green house. Born in Frankfurt in 1733, Zoffany came to London in 1760 where he found success. He was welcome in court circles and took London Stile House in Chiswick to be near the royal family at Kew. He travelled to Europe and to India but returned to build his own house on Strand on the Green. An exhibition at the Royal Academy, Johan Zoffany RA: Society Observed, runs from 10 March to 10 June 2012.
