Art of Politics: The Power of Caricature

Published: 31 May 2017

Art of Politics: The Power of Caricature. An election day talk

Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1773 (displayed at Mount Stuart).

Date: Thursday 8 June 2017

Time: 12:45 - 13:45

Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery (Art of Power exhibition then Lecture Theatre)

Speaker: Peter Black, Curator at The Hunterian, Professor Laurence Grove, Professor of French and Text/Image Studies, University of Glasgow and Amy Todman, Curator of Political Collections, National Library of Scotland.

Join us on the day of the general election for a short tour of our Art of Power exhibition followed by expert discussion on the impact of caricature in historic and modern day political debate.


First published: 31 May 2017