BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:562@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261116T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261116T173000 DTSTAMP:20260903T202851Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/hogarths-lost-annotations/ SUMMARY:Hogarth’s “Lost” Annotations DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Talk\n\nLecture by Dr. Zirwat Chowdhury\, Assistant P rofessor of 18th- and 19th-Century European Art\, Department of Art Histor y (University of California\, Los Angeles)\n\nIn this talk\, Dr. Chowdhury will discuss an annotated copy of The Investigator No. CCCXXII\, one of a series of essays published by the 18th-century Scottish painter\, Allan R amsay. The annotations are those of Ramsay’s contemporary\, the English painter and printmaker\, William Hogarth. A prized document for its contri bution to the artists’ important debates on art theory and aesthetic phi losophy\, the annotated volume has been understood by Hogarth scholars to have been long lost\, even though it has been part of the Clark collection s since it was acquired by William Andrews Clark Jr. in 1929. This talk wi ll discuss how the annotated volume might expand our understanding of Hoga rth’s theory of art\, foundational to the history of 18th-century Britis h art and controversially espoused by the artist in 1753 in his treatise o n art and aesthetics\, The Analysis of Beauty.\n\nDr. Zirwat Chowdhury is Assistant Professor of 18th- &\; 19th-Century European Art at the Unive rsity of California\, Los Angeles. Her research and teaching explore the i nterconnected histories and historiographies of art and visual culture in Britain\, France\, South Asia\, and the Atlantic world in the 18th and 19t h centuries. Her first book\, Enlightened Relations: Imperial Power and Ar tistic Form in 18th-Century Britain\, is forthcoming with Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.\n\nThe Spotli ght Talk aims to call attention to the wealth of materials housed at the W illiam Andrews Clark Memorial Library beyond those for which it is well-kn own\, and especially to highlight the important research by our UCLA facul ty at the Clark.\n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registra tion and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited. Walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. The registration form wi ll be posted here approximately one month in advance of the program.\n\nTh is lecture will also be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube channel. No registration is needed to watch the livestream.\n\n\n\nImage: Hogarth\, William. [Notes on the Investigator]\, 1755. Clark Library Rare Book Stack s\; MS.1929.002. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1718.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08 /Notes-on-the-Investigator-Website.png CATEGORIES:Lectures LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream\, 252 0 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=UCLA Willi am Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR