Wakefield Historical Society Lecture Programme 2026/27. A talk by WHS President, Richard Knowles FSA, on the English antiquarian draughtsman, who toured France between 1816 and 1818, for his planned, but never to be completed, Monumental Effigies in France, having been commissioned by the Society of Antiquaries in 1816 to produce drawings, in colour, of the tapestry for their publication Vetusta Monumenta. Admission free to members of Wakefield Historical Society, £2 suggested donation for non-members.
Charles Alfred Stothard and the Bayeux Tapestry
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Wakefield Historical Society Lecture Programme 2026/27. A talk by WHS President, Richard Knowles FSA, on the English antiquarian draughtsman, who toured France between 1816 and 1818, for his planned, but never to be completed, Monumental Effigies in France, having been commissioned by the Society of Antiquaries in 1816 to produce drawings, in colour, of the tapestry for their publication Vetusta Monumenta. Admission free to members of Wakefield Historical Society, £2 suggested donation for non-members.