A centennial exhibition of paintings by Alexej Jawlensky, 1864-1941, February 17 through March, 1965, Leonard Hutton Galleries

Reading and writing were cornerstones of the lives of self-educated rough diamonds like Hutton. He is a perfect example of the dreaded rising author, who wrote for money, without e...

Hutton’s business success and social mobility are viewed in the context of Birmingham’s industrial development, a booming land market, the lack of government regulation, and the di...

Chapter 6 revisits the Priestley riots (1791) from the viewpoint of a victim, and finds causes concerning the wealth and power of rough diamonds. Birmingham’s print culture and att...

This book contains complete transcriptions, with notes, of the 133 surviving letters of Charles Hutton (1737–1823). The letters span the period 1770–1823 and are drawn from nearly ...

133 letters are edited. They range from 30 July 1770, when Charles Hutton was a schoolteacher in Newcastle, to February 1823. Most are from Hutton’s time at the Royal Military Acad...

Chapter 3 depicts Birmingham’s booming print culture and maps its members, activities, and locations. Bookshops, printers, libraries, lecturers, and debating societies offered self...