Lecture Archive

Saturday 9 October: From Lely to Lawrence: The Artist as Collector of Drawings

Crispian Riley-Smith, dealer in master drawings
Saturday 13 November: Dumfries House and its Furniture Collection

Charlotte Rostek, Curator, Dumfries House, Ayrshire
Saturday 4 December: The Abolition of Climbing Boys: Chimney Sweeps’ Apprentices in Georgian Britain

Niels van Manen, University of York, winner of the Patrick Nuttgens Award 2009
Saturday 8 January: Katterfelto: Showman, Scientist and Balloonist, or Charlatan, Magician and Quack?

David Paton-Williams, author of Katterfelto: Prince of Puff
Saturday 12 February (following the AGM): Johan Zoffany: A German Artist in Georgian England

Dr Martin Postle, Assistant Director for Academic Activities, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London
Saturday 19 March (following presentation of the Patrick Nuttgens Award 2011): The Lunar Society of Birmingham

Diana Perowne, guide-lecturer at Soho House, Birmingham

Saturday 10 October: Use and Ornament: Bath Houses in English Gardens and Parks 1688–1815

Susan Kellerman, Garden History Researcher
Saturday 14 November: Sydney Smith: Regency Radical, Reformer and Wit

Graham Parry, Emeritus Professor of English, University of York
Saturday 12 December (Seventieth Anniversary Lecture): Early Years of the York Georgian Society: Preservation, Education, Betterment and Design

Dr Katherine Webb, Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York
Saturday 9 January: The British Army of Georgian England

Dr Alastair Massie, Head of the Department of Archives, National Army Museum, London
Saturday 6 February (following the Annual General Meeting): Edinburgh’s Skating Minister: A Sporting Picture or a Cultural Icon?

Dr Stephen Lloyd, Art Historian / Chair ICFA (ICOM)
Saturday 20 March (following the presentation of the Patrick Nuttgens Award 2010): ‘The Wonder of the North’: The Designed Landscapes of Studley Royal

Mark Newman, Territory Archaeologist North, National Trust

Saturday 11 October: A Different Kind of Planting: Sculpture and Monuments in the Gardens at Castle Howard

Dr Christopher Ridgway, Curator, Castle Howard
Saturday 8 November: Chinoiserie Silver in England 1660 to 1830

James Lomax, Curator, Temple Newsam House
Saturday 6 December (following the Annual General Meeting): Gainsborough and Yorkshire

Hugh Belsey, Senior Research Fellow, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London
Saturday 10 January: From York to Westminster: The Dilemma of Palladian Public Architecture

Dr Frank Salmon, Lecturer in History of Art, Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge
Saturday 14 February: The Growth of Resort Towns in Yorkshire

Dr George Sheeran, University of Bradford
Saturday 14 March: The Creation and Restoration of the Georgian Landscape Garden at Wentworth Castle

Dr Patrick Eyres, Editor and Publisher of the New Arcadian Journal, and Wentworth Castle Trustee