FUAM Annual Lecture "Women Print Makers in late Georgian England" (9th March)

The 2015 Annual Lecture will be given by David Alexander, Honorary Keeper of British Prints at the Fitzwilliam museum, University of Cambridge. He has studied British printmaking for many years. He has organised many exhibitions, including 'Affecting Moments: Prints of British Literature made in the Age of Romantic Sensibility', which toured Britain in the 1990s, with the catalogue being sold in aid of the Laurence Sterne Trust, and 'Caroline Watson and Female Printmaking in late Georgian England', which is currently being shown at the Fitzwilliam (until 4 January 2015); catalogue available from the Museum, £14.99. He has catalogued the prints made by a number of printmakers, including the caricaturist Richard Newton (Manchester University Press) and George Vertue (Walpole Society).

David Alexander will bring examples of prints including some from the Fitzwilliam exhibition.

The lecture will be held in the School of Music. Drinks and nibbles will be served from 6pm. The lecture will begin at 6.30.