The Universal Samaritan?
Emery Walker and his house in Hammersmith
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An illustrated talk at St Bride Library, 30 April 2008 at 7pm

Admission £5/£3 concessions

Emery Walker (1851—1933), the co-founder of the Doves Press, is well
known in printing circles as a key figure in the private press movement,
and as the commercially successful pioneer of cutting-edge techniques of
photo-reproduction. He was an the intimate friend of William Morris,
Philip Webb and Bernard Shaw, and a significant figure in the wider Arts
and Crafts and socialist movements. These aspects of his life are still
evident at 7 Hammersmith Terrace, his home for the last 30 years of his
life. The talk offers an introduction to Walker’s life and a look at his
home wh