The Gentle Author’s Tour Of Whitechapel
Horace Warner’s Spitalfields Nippers at the opening of the Whitechapel Gallery
I am delighted to announce The Gentle Author’s Tour of Whitechapel commissioned by the Whitechapel Gallery as part of the Gallery’s Backyard Biennial. My new tour is launched with two free tours on Sunday 26th July and Sunday 9th August at 2pm. Further tours will take place on Sundays throughout August and September.
Join me for a two-hour walking tour of sightseeing and storytelling along the Whitechapel Road, culminating in tea and freshly baked cakes at the Whitechapel Gallery.
Click here to book tickets for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Whitechapel on 26th July & 9th August
Once regarded as the ‘back entrance to London’, Whitechapel has always been a place of transience. But in recent centuries it has become enriched by multiple waves of immigration, delivering the vital cultural life of Whitechapel today.
Visit the site of London’s first purpose built theatre from 1567, learn about the White Raven which served as a refuge for ‘black poor’ in the 18th century, wonder at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry founded in 1570, explore the Pavilion Theatre and the Whitechapel Mount, and discover where Joseph Merrick known as the ‘Elephant Man’ was displayed before he was rescued by surgeon Frederick Treves of the London Hospital.
Burne-Jones’ works in the East End by Horace Warner, 1901
Art and Life by Horace Warner, 1901
Tired of Art by Horace Warner, 1901
