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Events & Meetings

The Society holds an Annual Summer meeting for members and their guests, and an AGM in October.

Diary Dates:

22 July 2012

Summer Meeting - to be held at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Redbourn.

An Exhibition of Baxteriana.  More details to follow.

 

16 October to 16 December 2011

Key to Colour: George Baxter, colour printer -

An exhibition by the Department of Typography & Graphic Communications at University of Reading.

The exhibition focuses on material relating to the Baxter process, including items donated by the families of the late Norman Waddleton and the late Mary Duval Butcher, both members of The New Baxter Society.

Opening Times:  9am - 4pm, Monday to Friday

For more information please contact Diane Bilbey; email d.j.bilbey@reading.ac.uk or telephone 0118 378 4324

Online Exhibitions

The Victoria University Library in Toronto, Canada. On Line Exhibition.  George Baxter (1804-1867): A Bicentenary Exhibition of Prints & Illustrations.  http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/exhibitions/baxterexhibit/index.htm

For further information please contact us at our Electronic mail address -

 

Past Meetings:-

If you have not been to one of the exhibitions yet, here is a sample of what you missed.

October 2011 AGM Visit to the University of Reading to view some of the Mary Butcher Collection of key plates and materials donated by the late Norman Waddleton.  A talk on the Origins of Chromolithography by Professor Michael Twyman and workshops demonstrating the Guttenberg Press, relief printing and printing from an original Baxter key plate by Martin Andrews and Alan Hardie.
July 2011 Summer The Best of Chromolithography
October 2010 AGM Visit to Manchester Metropolitan University to view samples from the Mary Butcher Collection of Baxter Prints, the Laura Seddon Collections of Greetings Cards and Valentines, the Sir Harry Page Collection of Scrapbooks, and books from the University's Book Design and Children's book Collection.
July 2010 Summer George Baxter and his Missionary Prints
October 2009 AGM Visits to see the collections of the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and Birmingham Central Library
July 2009 Summer Members Favourite Exhibits - a rich variety of work by George Baxter, his Licensees and others.
October 2008 AGM Presentations by Mic Relf; 'Vincent Brooks, Colour Printer' and Syd Exton 'The Views & Souvenirs of Thomas Nelson'
August 2008 Summer Held at Lewes Town Hall.  A chance to see some of the Lewes collection which was exhibited from 21 July to 2 August.  there were presentations, guided talks around the exhibition and much more
May 2008 Special Hands on Printing at Reading University - Dept of Typography
October 2007 AGM Mr Martin Andrews, Seniour Lecturer in Printing History at Reading University, an insight into printed ephemera.  Mic Relf ; 'Parts of a Baxter Print you might never have seen before - but might have liked to.'
July 2007 Summer The Great Exhibition 1851and Members Tables
October 2006 AGM Selection of material from Reading Museum's collection
July 2006 Summer Exhibition 'Members' Choice' 
October 2005 AGM Presentation - Members present some items of interest
July 2005 Summer Exhibition 'Is it a Baxter?'
October 2004 AGM
July 2004 Summer Exhibition 'The George Baxter Bicentenary Celebration'
October 2003 AGM Talk 'The Baxter Family'
July 2003 Summer Exhibition - 'A Contrast in Styles'
October 2002 AGM Presentation 'Preview of The Le Blond CD ROM'
July 2002 Summer Exhibition 'George Baxter & his Licensees'
October 2001 AGM Presentation 'Preview of The Baxter CD ROM'
July 2001 Summer Exhibition 'The Best of Baxter'
October 2000 AGM
July 2000 Summer Exhibition 'Kronheim Prints'
October 1999 AGM
July 1999 Summer Exhibition 'The Le Blond prints'
October 1998 AGM Presentation 'The Starr Collection at Victoria University'
July 1998 Summer Exhibition 'Six Of The Best'
October 1997 AGM Presentation 'Cleaning & Restoration of Prints'
July 1997 Summer Exhibition 'The A E Owen Collection'

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