Historical event to explore George IV’s famous visit to Edinburgh
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Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841), The Honours of Scotland Being Shown to George IV, 1822, watercolour and pencil on paper, National Galleries of Scotland.
Robert Pirrie, the chief executive of the WS Society, will next week deliver a free lecture on George IV’s famous visit to Edinburgh in 1822.
Part of a series of events marking 200 years of the Signet Library, the talk is titled Identity, Imagination and George IV in Edinburgh and will depart from traditional accounts of the visit.
Mr Pirrie, a historian and lawyer who is completing a PhD at King’s College London, will be joined for the event by KCL’s Professor Arthur Burns, academic director of the Georgian Papers Programme, and Professor Paul Readman, both of KCL’s history department.
The event is free but tickets are limited and must be reserved on Eventbrite.
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