LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Victorian Gothic Glory

Hailed as the most magnificent examples of modern metalwork in 1860s, spectacular creations designed by George Gilbert Scott and made by Francis Skidmore, including the Albert Memorial, were totally out of favour 100 years later. Alicia Robinson, Senior Curator of Sculpture, Ceramics, Metalwork and Gladd, tells of the collaboration between these men and the changes of taste which dictated the contrasting fates of two splendid, innovative, massive screens they made. 13.00-13.45 Free, drop in

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