The eighteenth century was a time of great cross-cultural exchange, in Europe and beyond. Artists from England and Northern Europe embarked on their Grand Tours of Italy to steep themselves in the classical monuments and landscapes, while other artists traveled north to seek out royal and elite patronage, prestigious commissions in flourishing academies, and in search of inspiration in new places.  This multifaceted cultural exchange was further expanded by artists’ encounters with diverse cultures, in colonies or through exported goods. Join us for a panel discussion between scholars and dealers to discuss the importance of drawing from this period of travel and enrichment.

Panelists:
Laurel O. Peterson, Assistant Curator, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Alan Templeton, Collector
Jonny Yarker, Libson & Yarker, London

Moderated by: Daniella Berman, PhD., Head of Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives, The Drawing Foundation

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Laurel O. Peterson is the Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Yale Center for British Art. She specializes in British works on paper produced during the long eighteenth century. Her current exhibition projects include Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1760–1830 (YCBA, January 2026), co-curated with Holly Shaffer (Brown) and Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888). Previously, she served as the organizing curator of John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal (2019) and as co-curator of Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy: Bibiena Drawings from the Jules Fisher Collection (2021), both at the Morgan Library & Museum.

Alan Templeton has been collecting art since 2000, mainly to benefit the museums of Northern California. He has been a guest curator at both the Crocker Art Museum and the UC Berkeley Art Museum, including monographic exhibits on William Hogarth and Giovanni Battista Piranesi. He exhibited his own original artwork, 1987 onwards, and his drawings were represented by the Vorpal Gallery, 1997-2002.

Jonny Yarker is a leading dealer in British art, he has written extensively on British art of the eighteenth century and the Grand Tour in particular. He is currently working on a book-length study of the British community in Rome entitled: Savage Pilgrims: Rome, The British and the Grand Tour 1750 – 1798.

Daniella Berman is a specialist of European art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She has contributed to numerous exhibitions and publications in addition to serving as Vice President of the Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art & Architecture (HECAA) and a board member of the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art (AHNCA). She is The Drawing Foundation’s Head of Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives.

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This event is organized by The Drawing Foundation in partnership with The Winter Show, and in association with Master Drawings New York 2025.

This event is free with admission to The Winter Show.

Image: Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (detail), 1725. Pastel on grayish laid paper, laid down to canvas. Crocker Art Museum, Gift of Alan Templeton, 2023.76.1

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