Val Bott, Chairman of the William Hogarth Trust, will be giving an illustrated talk about the garden at Hogarth’s House. This is part of the winter programme of the Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society which welcomes guests at its meetings.
As part of her work on the refurbishment of Hogarth’s House, completed in 2011, she has researched the garden from its origins in the 1680s. She has been advising Hounslow Council on a scheme for refurbishing the garden; this is the subject of a current application by for a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. If funding can be obtained for the project the aim is to complete the works by 2017.
7.30pm, Monday 16 February 2015, admission free
at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4
The final element of the 250th commemoration of Hogarth’s death is now on at Hogarth’s House. Following the enormously successful exhibition of self-portraits, The Small Self, which was for invited contributors, an open exhibition of self-portraits is now on show until 1 March. A generous grant, awarded to the WHT by the John Paul Getty Junior Trust, supported the 250th anniversary events programme. It made possible four self-portrait workshops designed to inspire and encourage potential contributors to the current show. Four different practicising artists ran sessions at Hogarth’s House in December, and some artists’ materials were available for participants. 
The exhibition is open every day except Mondays, 12 noon to 5pm, admission free. A number of Hounslow Borough residents are included in the exhibition – do go along, you may find friends and neighbours on the wall! And the elegant illustrated catalogue for The Small Self, which includes images of every self-portrait shown, is now on sale at the House at the bargain price of £3.
Val Bott, Chairman of the William Hogarth Trust, will be giving an illustrated talk about the garden at Hogarth’s House. This is part of the winter programme of the Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society which welcomes guests at its meetings.