Bridges (Art Workers Guild), 1916
End Date: 19 May 1916
Type: Lecture and discussion
Description: Prof. Beresford read a paper on 'London Bridges' and Troup read one on 'Bridges' in general. F. Newbolt showed slides of ferro-concrete bridges, a letter from W. A. S. Benson was read. R. W. S. Weir, H. M. Fletcher, J. Armitage, Hamilton T. Smith, P. Gaskell and Speed spoke (AWG annual report, 1916, p. 7).
Policy: 'Founded in 1883, with the object of bringing into closer union the workers in various arts and crafts - architects, painters, designers of all kinds, sculptors and wood-carvers, metal-workers, goldsmiths, and many others - chiefly by evening meetings and discussions on different lines and methods in art. Meetings are held fortnightly, when papers are read and their subjects illustrated as fully as possible. Visitors must be introduced by a member' (Year's Art, 1913, pp. 169-70).
Participants
Speaker Joseph Armitage
Speaker Francis William Troup
Speaker Francis Newbolt
Speaker William Arthur Smith Benson
Speaker Henry Martineau Fletcher
Speaker Robert Schultz Weir
Speaker G. Percival Gaskell
Speaker Harold Speed
Citing this record
'Bridges (Art Workers Guild), 1916', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib2_1218450732, accessed 28 Sep 2023]