Basic Instincts (Exhibition runs from 29 Sep 2017 — 07 Jan 2018)
The Founding Museum 40 Brunswick Square, London, United KingdomCurated by Dr Jacqueline Riding, Basic Instincts explores Georgian attitudes to love, desire and female respectability through the radical paintings of Joseph Highmore. A highly successful artist and Governor of London’s Foundling Hospital, Joseph Highmore (1692-1780) is best known as a portrait painter of the Georgian middle class.