AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINT COLLECTORS SOCIETY
REGIONAL MEETING
The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
154 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032
August 21, 2015 10:00-2:00
The Commissioners. Published by M. Darly, 1778. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
W.S. Lewis was one of the foremost print and book collectors of the twentieth century. His collection relating to
the British connoisseur Horace Walpole, housed in Lewis’s former home in Farmington, Connecticut, is now
administered by Yale University. On Friday August 21st, members of the American Historical Print Collectors
Society will have a rare opportunity to tour The Lewis Walpole Library and view British prints of America as well as
a small collection of Currier & Ives prints that once hung in the Lewises’ private apartments. Lunch will be available
and weather permitting, will be a picnic on the grounds. There is no charge for this program, but there will be a
$20.00 fee for those who desire lunch. Please let Nancy Finlay know if you will be attending, either by email
nfinlay@outlook.com, or by filling out and returning the form below no later than August 14th.
Following the meeting, members may wish to visit the Hill-Stead Museum, also located in Farmington, a short drive
from The Lewis Walpole Library. Best known for its collections of French Impressionist paintings, the Hill-Stead
Museum collection also includes a few late nineteenth-century American works by Whistler and Cassatt.
For directions to The Lewis Walpole Library, please go to
http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/about/directions.html#dd
Due to limited parking space, please consider carpooling if at all possible.
Name:
Address:
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Telephone number:
email:
Mail to: Nancy Finlay, 1658 Farmington Ave. #1, Unionville, CT 06085. Please enclose $20.00 for each lunch
requested, payable to “Yale University, The Lewis Walpole Library.” Please respond no later than August 14th.