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Men of the Cloth
We will continue from last chapters characters, Thomas Cranmer and Nicholas Ridley, with two more portraits of great religious leaders. Let’s begin with the Rev. John Fletcher. #JohnWilliamFletcher (1729-1785) was born in Nyon, Switzerland. His real name was Jean … Continue reading
Posted in Etching
Tagged bible, church, John Cennick, John Fletcher, preacher, priest, robes
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Olney Hymns
One might consider that today’s topic has little to do with art but in fact the book I wish to focus on today is the combining of two great artists, both poets and hymn writers. The #OlneyHymns is made up completely … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
Tagged book, church, evangelical, hymn, John Newton, printing, psalm, William Cowper
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Sir Frank Short Engraver
Art is made up of many different fields – oils, watercolour, graphite, pastel, etching, mezzotint, etc – that at any one time one aspect will be in the fore while another has receded. Certainly, #SirFrankShort, revived the field of mezzotint … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Beckmann, church, city wall, gamekeepers house, hegereiterhaus, Jerusalem, mosque, Mount of Olives, Rothenburg, shore, St. Mary's Redcliffe
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Rothenburg Etching
As I slowly collect pieces, I find that my appreciation for etching an ever growing thing. This week I acquired six etchings by the same artist. The etchings are signed but I have yet to decipher the signature. The only … Continue reading
From a Poet Priest to an Adulteress Muse
Two people who in different ways either created or caused to be created beautiful art. We visit with #GeorgeHerbert and with #JaneBurdenMorris. George Herbert was born into an artistic and wealthy Welsh family. Herbert received a fine education culminating at Cambridge. … Continue reading
Art by E M Synge
#EdwardMillingtonSynge (pronounced sing) was born in 1860 in Great Malvern. Educated in Norwich and then Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a land agent. He loved to draw and one day saw an advert in a shop window saying ‘Etching taught … Continue reading
Posted in Etching
Tagged aisle, church, Embrun Cathedral, France, memorial, monument
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Art a la Latouche
#LouisLatouche (1829-1884) is a name that is not well known to people and possibly even to experts but to a few very famous artists he was well known. Latouche was a painter. His applications to exhibit his paintings at the … Continue reading
Expansive Art
I live in a part of the country which is quite flat and I am also a hour from the coast. Some people consider the fen landscape boring but when one stands out in the fields and looks over the … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged Blythburgh, church, fen, jib, lighthouse, main sail, pilot cutter, river, sailing, sails, sea
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Art Known and Unknown
Often as I collect pieces of art, they may say or not by whom they are by. It is then that my search begins for the artist who created the pieces that have intrigued me. I have numerous pieces which … Continue reading
Posted in Etching
Tagged altar, Ariadne, Bacchus, black Labrador, candles, church, confessional, cross, hunting dog, monks, penitents, pheasant, priest, reeds, retriever, river, satyr, sunset
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Art of George Fall
In an earlier chapter, I talked about an artist by the name of #GeorgeFall. The piece I talked about was unsigned and I speculated that it might have been by George Fall (1848 – 1925). Today, I came across three … Continue reading
Posted in Watercolour paintings
Tagged church, fence, graveyard, school, St Peter's Church, Swale, tower
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