Winter Talks – Dressed For A King, 30 November 2023
Detail from a painting by Alexander Carse showing King George IV landing on the Shore at Leith in 1822. The main building is the Custom House on the opposite bank of the Water of Leith.
© Alexander Carse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Dressed for a King.
Acquiring a wardrobe for the visit of George IV to Edinburgh in 1822.
Join Annie Scanlon from the Costume Society, as she discusses the visit of George IV to Scotland in 1822. There was widespread concern about etiquette and clothing for the King’s visit, the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland in nearly two centuries, the last being by King Charles II for his Scottish coronation in 1651.
Annie’s talk will begin at 7.30pm on Thursday 30 November in St Andrew’s Blackadder Chapel area, doors open at 7pm.