Enlightened Princesses Provisional Schedule caroline, augusta, charlotte & the shaping of the modern world 7–9 July 2014

day 1: monday, july 7

9:00 Arrival and coffee

9:30 Introduction Amy Meyers, Yale Center for British Art John Barnes,

9:45 Opening lecture Joanna Marschner, Historic Royal Palaces Three German Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and Cultural Politics at the English Court in the Eighteenth Century

10:30 Break

10:45–13:00 session 1: the princesses and their world chair: Amanda Vickery, Queen Mary,

Andrew Thompson, University of Cambridge The Hanoverians: Crafting a New Dynasty Stephen Taylor, Durham University Court Politics and Religion Berta Joncus, Goldsmiths, University of London The Court, Music and Theatre Rosemary Harden, Fashion Museum, Bath Dressing the Hanoverian Court

13:00 Lunch

14:00–16:00 session 2: the princesses’ gardens and architectural projects chair: Michael Snodin, Strawberry Hill Trust

Mark Laird, Harvard University The Princesses’ Collecting and Display of Exotic Flora and Fauna Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, landscape historian Royal Gardens: The Role of the Princesses Wolf Burchard, Royal Collection Trust The Palaces of the Hanoverian Consorts Lee Prosser, Historic Royal Palaces Kew and its Built Heritage

16:00 Tea

16:30 Close (board buses for London/Queen’s Gallery)

18:00 Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures Tour of the Queen’s Gallery exhibition The First Georgians; Art and Monarchy 1714–1760 Enlightened Princesses Provisional Schedule caroline, augusta, charlotte Hampton Court Palace & the shaping of the modern world 7–9 July 2014

day 2: tuesday, july 8

9:00 Arrival and coffee

9:30 Keynote lecture Clarissa Campbell Orr, Anglia Ruskin University The Hanoverian Court and Europe

10:15 Break

10:30–13:00 session 3: the princesses’ art and other collections chair: Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures

Cassandra Albinson, Yale Center for British Art Creating the Royal Image: Royal Princesses and Portraiture Cynthia Roman, Lewis Walpole Library The Princesses in Print: Character and Caricature Malcolm Baker, University of California, Riverside Royal Sculpture Commissions John Goldfinch, British Library; Emma Jay, The National Archives The Princesses and their Books Jane Roberts, formerly Librarian, Windsor Castle, The Princesses as Artists Royal Collection Trust

13:00 Lunch

14:00–16:00 session 4: natural philosophy and medicine chair: Lucy Worsley, Historic Royal Palaces

Kim Sloan, British Museum The Role of the Court in the English Enlightenment Patricia Fara, Clare College, Cambridge Royal Women and Natural Philosophy Craig Ashley Hanson, Calvin College Royal Patronage and Medical Practice [4th Speaker TBD]

16:00 Tea

17:00 Historic Royal Palaces Curators Tour of the Queen’s Apartments, Hampton Court Palace

18:00 Drinks, reception, and concert, Hampton Court Palace Music from the Hanoverian Court Enlightened Princesses Provisional Schedule caroline, augusta, charlotte Hampton Court Palace & the shaping of the modern world 7–9 July 2014

day 3: wednesday, july 9

tours

9:00 Meet at speakers’ hotel

10:00 Historic Royal Palaces Curators, Tour of King’s Apartments

12:00 Kew Historic Royal Palaces Curators, Tour of and the Royal Kitchens

2:00 Close of symposium