17 October 2011, 7.30pm, at the Chiswick Memorial Club

Jon Cotton, formerly of the Museum of London, presents an illustrated talk about Thomas Layton (1819-1911) and some other antiquarian collectors of his time.

This talk marks the centenary of the bequest of Layton’s collection of antiquities, books, maps. Most of the artefacts are in the Museum of London where many are displayed in the London Before London Gallery.