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The Painted Finch and the Loblolly Bay, ca. 1722–26, watercolor and bodycolor over graphite on paper, Mark Catesby, Royal Collection Trust, UK, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017. Photo courtesy of YCBA

Exhibition-Related Programs Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, on view through April 30 at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven.

• Science and Medicine at the Royal Court, Tuesday, March 7 Paola Bertucci, professor of history and the history of medicine, assistant curator, Peabody Museum; and Tyler Griffith, postdoctoral research associate, Yale Center for British Art

• James Boswell, Frances Burney, and Dr. Johnson: Authority and Monarchic, Tuesday, March 28 Gordon Turnbull, general editor of the Yale Boswell Editions, Yale University

• William Hunter and the “Gravid” World of Medicine in Eighteenth-Century Great Britain, Tuesday, April 4 Thomas Duffy, MD, professor emeritus of medicine, section of hematology, Program for Biomedical Ethics, Yale University

• Rude About Royals: Graphic Satires of Caroline, Augusta, and Charlotte, Tuesday, April 11 Cynthia Roman, curator at the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

• Kew Gardens and the Role of Caroline, Augusta, and Charlotte in the Formation of its History, Tuesday, April 18 Bryan Furmann, instructor, Yale School of Architecture

• Public and Private Stages, Tuesday, April 25 Joe Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater and English, chair of the Theater Studies Advisory Committee, and director of theater, Yale University

• Saturday, March 4, 2 p.m. The Great Mr. Handel (1942) Directed by Norman Walker (not rated; 89 minutes) This film tells the story of the great 18th-century German composer George Frideric Handel, who enjoyed the patronage of King George II. It leads up to the composing of Handel’s masterpiece Messiah, and its performance at the royal Opera House in 1743.

• Thursday, March 9, 7 p.m. (Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven) The Madness of King George (1994) Directed by Nicholas Hytner (rated PG-13, 104 minutes, 35 mm). Adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, this film tells the story of George III’s deteriorating mental health, the medical practices of the later 18th century, and the king’s declining relationship with his eldest son, the Prince of Wales.

• Harmonious Hanoverians, Wednesday, March 8, 5:30 p.m. Nicholas McGegan, internationally renowned baroque music specialist and music director, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale. In many ways the Hanoverians were a most dysfunctional family, but in spite of their very public disagreements, nearly all of them shared a passion for music and were patrons of the opera and oratorio. Quite a few of them were reasonable performers, too. Over the years, they gathered around them a group of mostly German musicians, who played for them and taught their children. This concert will explore some of the music written by these musicians, including G. F. Handel, J. C. Bach, Carl Friedrich Abel, Mozart, and Haydn.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation established the Sawyer Seminars in 1994 to provide support for comparative research on the historical and cultural sources of contemporary developments. Named in honor of the foundation’s long-serving third president, John E. Sawyer, the seminars bring together scholars from different fields to engage a topic from differing, yet complementary, perspectives.

• The Enlightened Screen: Atmospheric Media, Wednesday, April 19, 3 p.m. Antonio Somaini, Professor, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, in conversation with Keller Easterling, professor, Yale School of Architecture

• Strange Shadows: The Magical Sublime, Thursday, April 20, 3 p.m. Barbara Stafford, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor, history of art, the University of Chicago, in conversation with Dudley Andrew, R. Selden Rose Professor, comparative literature and film & media studies, Yale University

• The Panorama as Global Landscape, Friday, April 21, 3 p.m. Tim Barringer, Paul Mellon Professor, history of art, Yale University, in conversation with Katie Trumpener, Emily Stanford Professor, comparative literature and English, Yale University

• Preconcert Talk: Handel’s Occasional Oratorio: Witnessing the Great Rebellion of 1745 with Milton’s Psalms, Saturday, April 29, 6:30 p.m. Ellen T. Harris, professor emeritus at MIT in music and theater arts

• Concert: Occasional Oratorio (1745) by George Frideric Handel, Saturday, April 29, 7:30 p.m. Join Yale ISM Ensembles, Yale Schola Cantorum, and David Hill, conductor, for a concert. Occasional Oratorio, composed by George Frideric Handel in 1745, is based upon a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton after the poetry of John Milton and Edmund Spenser. It premiered at the Royal Opera House in 1745. This performance by the chamber choir Yale Schola Cantorum, along with the preconcert talk, will be held at Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, in New Haven.