£15 members/£18 non-members This talk from Oliver Flory, General Manager of the Georgian Group, will examine the ‘consumption’ of exotic animals over the course of the long 18th century and …
An Architectural Masterpiece in Hyderabad
£15 members/£18 non-members In the heart of Hyderabad stands a majestic building with a colossal Corinthian portico. Once the British Residency of Hyderabad State, it was constructed at the start …
Online Lecture: General Burgoyne
£5 members/£7 non-members Professor Norman Poser will describe the extraordinary garden party which Burgoyne arranged in 1774, and for which he wrote the play The Maid of the Oaks (Adam …
Creativity vs Tradition: a false duality?
£15 members/£18 non-members This talk reflects on the use of precedent in classical architecture from antiquity to the present day, interrogating perceptions that this presumes ‘copying’. There have indeed been …
Pompeii and All That – Reimagining Ancient Worlds
£15 members/£18 non-members In this talk David Adshead, Director of the Georgian Group, will look at the cultural impact of the discovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii. News of the excavation …
Making and Faking Ancient Ancestral Interiors at Strawberry Hill
£15 members/£18 non-members Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill in Twickenham is a jewel of the Georgian Gothic Revival. It was not the first Gothic Revival house to be conceived of or …
*Postponed* YG Lecture: Scotopolis?: Recovering forgotten Scottish townhouses in Georgian London
Young Georgian Members & Members £10/ Non-Members £15 Behind the well-known contributions of Scottish architects like Robert Adam to the architecture of Georgian London lay a host of forgotten, now …
YG Lecture: How to write a ‘Georgian’ book with Alice Loxton
Young Georgian Members & Members £10/ Non-Members £15 Join Alice as she delves into the delights of UPROAR!: Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London – a brilliant new history …
Surrey Visit: Painshill Park
£40, 2pm Painshill 18th century landscape garden was created between 1738 and 1773, by the Hon. Charles Hamilton. Inspired by landscape paintings and his Grand Tours across Europe, he created …
Young Georgian Visit: Carolean Winchester and in the footsteps of Austen
£30 Bishop George Morley was one of Charles II most trusted and loyal courtiers whose sharp intellect and deft strategising whilst in exile with the King paved the way for …