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Free Talk: Maker and Faker of ‘ancient Tudor relics’
A free talk at Chetham's Library, as part of a new Tudor-themed exhibition
This talk explores the work of George Shaw (1810–76), an architect-antiquary from Uppermill who came across Henry VII’s and Elizabeth of York’s marriage bed in 1830s Staffordshire.
Using it as the fountainhead for a raft of daring forgeries sold to Northern aristocrats a decade later, Dr Lindfield relates Shaw’s strait-laced historicising 1847 work at Chetham’s with this Tudor bed and his broader Tudor-revival fakery.
This talk explores the work of George Shaw (1810–76), an architect-antiquary from Uppermill who came across Henry VII’s and Elizabeth of York’s marriage bed in 1830s Staffordshire.
Using it as the fountainhead for a raft of daring forgeries sold to Northern aristocrats a decade later, Dr Lindfield relates Shaw’s strait-laced historicising 1847 work at Chetham’s with this Tudor bed and his broader Tudor-revival fakery.
Wednesday 4 Sep 2024
Chetham’s Library, Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB
FREE (booking required)Talk starts at 5.30pm
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