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Events & Meetings

The Society holds an Annual Summer meeting for members and their guests, and an AGM in October.

2008 Diary Dates:

14 May 2008 Hands on Printing at Reading University - Dept of Typography We will see how Baxter would have worked using printing presses from the era and hopefully do some hands on printing ourselves including printing from one of Baxter’s own plates.

This event is fully booked.

2 August 2008 Summer Meeting to be held at Lewes Town Hall.  A chance to see some of the Lewes collection which is being exhibited from 21 July to 2 August.  there will be presentations, guided talks around the exhibition and much more click for details
25 October 2008 Meeting & Annual General Meeting  to be held at Redbourn, Herts. -  There will be presentations, a display and competition, as well as the all important opportunity to air your views.

Current Exhibitions

Juniata College
An exhibition of The Colour Prints of George Baxter at Juniata College, Pennsylvania; 17 April to 6 Sept. 2008.  Visit the Juniata College website for more details.

Planned Exhibitions

Lewes Town Hall
The Council's collection will be on display 21 July to 2 August 2008.  More details.

Online Exhibitions:

V & A Museum - A Show of Emotion: Victorian Sentiment in Prints & Drawings.  Temporary display in rooms 88a and the Julie and Robert Breckman Prints & Drawings Gallery, Room 90, 7 December 2006 - 10 September 2007.  Includes some Baxter prints. http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/victorian_sentiment/index.html

The Victoria University Library in Toronto, Canada. On Line Exhibition.  George Baxter (1804-1867): A Bicentenary Exhibition of Prints & Illustrations.  http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/exhibitions/baxterexhibit/index.htm

For further information please contact us at our Electronic mail address - New Baxter Society Enquiries

 

Past Meetings:-

If you have not been to one of the exhibitions yet, here is a sample of what you missed.

October 2007 AGM Mr Martin Andrews, Seniour Lecturer in Printing History at Reading University, an insight into printed ephemera.  Mic Relf ; 'Parts of a Baxter Print you might never have seen before - but might have liked to.'
July 2007 Summer The Great Exhibition 1851and Members Tables
October 2006 AGM Selection of material from Reading Museum's collection
July 2006 Summer Exhibition 'Members' Choice' 
October 2005 AGM Presentation - Members present some items of interest
July 2005 Summer Exhibition 'Is it a Baxter?'
October 2004 AGM
July 2004 Summer Exhibition 'The George Baxter Bicentenary Celebration'
October 2003 AGM Talk 'The Baxter Family'
July 2003 Summer Exhibition - 'A Contrast in Styles'
October 2002 AGM Presentation 'Preview of The Le Blond CD ROM'
July 2002 Summer Exhibition 'George Baxter & his Licensees'
October 2001 AGM Presentation 'Preview of The Baxter CD ROM'
July 2001 Summer Exhibition 'The Best of Baxter'
October 2000 AGM
July 2000 Summer Exhibition 'Kronheim Prints'
October 1999 AGM
July 1999 Summer Exhibition 'The Le Blond prints'
October 1998 AGM Presentation 'The Starr Collection at Victoria University'
July 1998 Summer Exhibition 'Six Of The Best'
October 1997 AGM Presentation 'Cleaning & Restoration of Prints'
July 1997 Summer Exhibition 'The A E Owen Collection'

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