CHOCOLATE, COFFEE, AND TEA: A HISTORY with Barrie Cathcart

This lecture considers the history of tea, coffee, and chocolate and their social and political implications. Where did they come from? How did they arrive in England and Europe and what impact did the arrival and awareness of these beverages have? The lecture also explores how the eager acceptance of tea, coffee and chocolate changed drinking habits and led to a more sober society.

BARRIE CATHCART has been dealing in antiques and specifically in English eighteenth- and nineteenth-century porcelain and pottery for the last 35 years. During this time he has studied widely and attended many seminars on ceramics in Australia, America, and England. Barrie has given lectures on antique pottery and porcelain for the National Gallery of Victoria, and to various antique collecting groups as well as for the Australian Antique Dealers Association and for The Johnston Collection.

This lecture is presented on-site at TJC. Please see your ticket for details.

This lecture is supported by The Colin Holden Charitable Trust.

Image credit: Unknown artist, eighteenth century, A Family Being Served with Tea, possibly the Carter family, ca. 1745, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.271.