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Criticks Reviews: Fine and Decorative Art

Two Last Nights! Show Business in Georgian Britain

A fascinating guide to eighteenth-century entertainments.

Event Date(s): 20th Sep 2019 - 5th Jan 2020

Location: Foundling Museum, London

Reviewed by: Rebecca Sandell, King's College London

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Fraunces Tavern

Fascinating insights into the material culture of Revolutionary America.

Location: Pearl Street, New York City

Reviewed by: Deborah D. Rogers and Howard P. Segal

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Savage Satire: From the Pen of James Gillray

Savage Satire: From the Pen of James Gillray

An impressive collection of prints, shedding light on continuities between Gillray's time and ours.

Event Date(s): 15th Feb 2019 - 7th Jun 2019

Location: Fairfax House, York

Reviewed by: Montana Davies-Shuck (Northumbria University) and Jennifer Buckley (University of York)

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Souvenirs of Italy: An English Family Abroad

An impressively vivid account of the eighteenth-century Grand Tour.

Event Date(s): 1st Apr 2019 - 31st Oct 2019

Location: Audley End House, Essex

Reviewed by: Madeleine Pelling, University of York

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Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life

An exhibition - and career - covering more than sixty years of artistic and political change.

Event Date(s): 28th Feb 2019 - 19th May 2019

Location: National Gallery, London

Reviewed by: Caroline Cannon-Brookes

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Gainsborough’s Family Album

Gainsborough’s Family Album

At home with the Gainsboroughs.

Event Date(s): 22nd Nov 2018 - 3rd Feb 2019

Location: National Portrait Gallery, London

Reviewed by: Caroline Cannon-Brookes

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Curious Travellers Exhibition (Doctor Johnson’s House)

Curious Travellers Exhibition (Doctor Johnson’s House)

An impressively multimedia exhibition on the travel writing of Dr Johnson and Thomas Pennant.

Event Date(s): 5th Oct 2018 - 12th Jan 2019

Location: Dr Johnson's House, London

Reviewed by: Taylin Nelson, King's College London

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Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Masterpieces from Horace Walpole’s Collection

An exhibition at once fascinating and frustrating.

Event Date(s): 20th Oct 2018 - 24th Feb 2019

Location: Strawberry Hill House and Garden, Twickenham, London

Reviewed by: Paul Stock, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Gainsborough and the Theatre

An important exhibition granting an astonishing level of intimacy with Gainsborough's portraits.

Event Date(s): 5th Oct 2018 - 20th Jan 2019

Location: The Holburne, Bath

Reviewed by: Madeleine Pelling, University of York

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The Marvellous Mechanical Museum

A wondrous re-creation of the eighteenth century's hurly burly.

Event Date(s): 30th Jun 2018 - 30th Sep 2018

Location: Compton Verney Art Gallery, Warwickshire

Reviewed by: Gillian Williamson, Birkbeck, University of London

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