CECS Interdisciplinary Workshop
Saturday 4th December in KG/133
Review of London Scenes by Sophie Coulumbeau review of London Scenes (MS Word , 18kb)
Convenors: John Barrell and Alison O'Byrne
London Scenes will examine sequences of images of the metropolis produced in the long eighteenth century by artists including Samuel Scott, Paul Sandby, Edward Pugh, George Cruickshank, and Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin.
The format of the day is designed to allow for maximum discussion, with brief papers raising topics for further exploration. Speakers will include John Barrell, Mark Hallett, Stephen Daniels, John Mee, John Bonehill, Markman Ellis, Elizabeth Grant, John Bowen, Amy Todman, and Alison O'Byrne.
PROGRAMME
9:45 Registration
10:00 Amy Todman ( Glasgow): “Vivarium Grenovicanum: Francis Place’s Views in and around the Royal Observatory”
10:30 Mark Hallett ( York): “Hogarth’s Vision of London”
11:00 Markman Ellis (Queen Mary): “Samuel Scott’s Thameside River Views, 1746-1764”
11:30 John Bonehill ( Glasgow): “‘The centre of pleasure and magnificence’: Paul and Thomas Sandby’s London”
12:00 coffee
12:15 John Barrell ( York): “Edward Pugh in Modern London”
12:45 Stephen Daniels (Nottingham): “The New Meridian: Turner and Greenwich”
1:15 Lunch
2:15 Jon Mee ( Warwick): “‘Mutual intercourse’ and ‘licentious discussion’ in The Microcosm of London, 1808-1811”
2:45 Alison O’Byrne ( York): “George Scharf’s London”
3:15 John Bowen ( York): “Cruickshank and Boz”
3:45 Elizabeth Grant (RIBA): “John Tallis’s London Street Views”
4:15 Closing comments and discussion
4:30 End of conference.