Brian Sewell's Hogarth play and the Foundling Museum

Reading and tour in Brunswick Square

Location: The Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, London WC1
Date: Monday 19 May 2008 at 6.15pm
Tickets: £40
Refreshments: free glass of wine

A reading of a short play, 'Hogarth, the Compassionate Satirist' by the eminent art historian, Brian Sewell, will be given by Sir Timothy Ackroyd this spring. Directed by Peter O'Toole, this play will be preceded by a tour of the Foundling Museum. Come on a journey of 18th century tragedy as you discover more about the grim reality of life in Hogarth's London.

Up to 1000 babies a year were abandoned, and the Foundling Hospital became home to 27,000 of them between its establishment by Thomas Coram in 1739 and its closure in 1953. Hogarth and Handel were two of the original governors and while Handel organised concerts to raise money, Hogarth encouraged leading artists of the day to donate their work in the hope of attracting wealthy benefactors.

As a result, the museum is home to a collection of paintings by, among others, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Reynolds and Wilson.

To book tickets, please email Cathy Gayner or phone her on 020 7592 9327.

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