This talk will explore an illustrated tome of sixteen scenes of London life in 1793, showing a grittier and more exotic side of urban life, away from the fashionable streets, including dromedary rides, street acrobats, and bare-knuckle boxing.
Join us for an introductory lecture by Frances Sands, curator of our new exhibition. She will explore in greater depth the subject of staffage figures in architectural drawings: the best and comically worst examples, their purpose, their beauty and whimsy.
Join Assistant Curator Dr Erin McKellar and architects Nimi Attanayake, Tim O’Callaghan and Hikaru Nissanke for an online discussion on the use of figures in contemporary architectural practice.