The Underground Lectures: Allan Ramsay and Edinburgh Fashion
This talk is a behind-the scenes look at curating the National Trust for Scotland’s exhibition Ramsay and Edinburgh Fashion.
About The Underground Lectures: Allan Ramsay and Edinburgh Fashion
The Underground Lectures:
Allan Ramsay and Edinburgh Fashion
Dr Antonia Laurence Allen, National Trust for Scotland
Using a selection of Allan Ramsay’s portraits of women, Antonia Laurence Allen will reveal the crucial role clothing played in Edinburgh’s polite society. You will meet society hostesses and friends of David Hume, see the extent of the trades dealing in fashion along Edinburgh’s High Street and discover how Ramsay offered women a new kind of portrait.
Suitability:
8+
Tickets:
Full Price - £7
Concessions - £6
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