St Bride Library
:: Aileen Reid : The Universal Samaritan?

Emery Walker and his house in Hammersmith

Date and Time :

7:00pm Wednesday 30 April 2008

Venue :

St Bride Library
Bride Lane
Fleet Street
London EC4Y 8EQ

The Universal Samaritan? Emery Walker and his house in Hammersmith

Aileen Reid works for English Heritage as an historian on the Survey of London, the official history of Londonıs streets and buildings. Since 2001 she has also been curator at 7 Hammersmith Terrace, where she catalogued the contents and oversaw the opening of the house to the public for the first time in 2005.

Emery Walker (1851­1933), the co-founder of the Doves Press, is well known in printing circles as a key figure in the private press movement, and as the commercially successful pioneer of cutting-edge techniques of photo-reproduction. He was an the intimate friend of William Morris, Philip Webb and Bernard Shaw, and a significant figure in the wider Arts and Crafts and socialist movements. These aspects of his life are still evident at 7 Hammersmith Terrace, his home for the last 30 years of his life. The talk offers an introduction to Walkerıs life and a look at his home which, with its William Morris, Cotswold and North African furnishings, is the best-preserved Arts and Crafts interior in Britain.

Admission

£5 / £3 with concessions

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