Pride and Prejudice: The Battle for Betjeman's Britain
17 JULY - 15 SEPTEMBER 2013, QUADRIGA GALLERY
'Pride and Prejudice' examines how John Betjeman and others campaigned in the 1930s to protect our architectural heritage from both indifference and neglect and reveals how Britain's listing system eventually emerged from the ruins of the Blitz.
'Pride and Prejudice: The Battle for Betjeman's Britain' includes surviving fragments and rare photographs of some of the worst heritage losses of the mid-20th century including Robert Adam's Adelphi Terrace (1768-62) near the Strand, the Pantheon entertainment rooms (1772) on Oxford Street and Euston Arch (1837) in London as well as an elegant Georgian terrace in Exeter.
Some of Britain's best artists were involved in capturing what heritage was at risk and the exhibition includes photography by Bill Brandt and John Gay, art by John Piper and the books of Osbert Lancaster.