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I have an interest in Art of the regency period and I am a working artist at the moment
Cumbria Find with a Kent Connection - Deborah in Langdale Find!
23 September 2009 The Cumbria team has found a book with a Folkestone connection. The following is the blog Cumbria put on. This fictional story of two sisters, Deborah and Enid Machell, was written by E. M. Ward and published in 1933. The story... Read more or Comment
Van Gogh in Ramsgate? Find!
23 September 2009 Hi Folks below is an excerpt from the website www.churchillhouse.com about Van Gogh links to Kent. ...Did you know that Vincent Van Gogh painted our language school, Churchill House? To be perfectly correct, he didn't paint it - he sketched... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
Tissot A Passing Storm c1876 Find!
23 September 2009 A fantastic book celebration the artist Tissot and his Kent connections is by Christopher Wood called 'Tissot'. Pg 88 and 89 highlight the paintings ' A Passing Storm' and 'Room Overlooking the Harbour' both which have a fantastic view of... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Sketches By Boz - We must leave town! Find!
14 September 2009 A few years ago I visited the Dickens House in London and bought an original copy of Lloyd's Sixpenny Dickens 'Sketches By Boz' that they happened to be selling. At the time I thought what a FIND! There is several mentions... Read more or Comment
Life in the Country: With Quotations by Jane Austen and Silhouettes by Her Nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh
19 August 2009 This book is a presentation of Victorian era silhouette art created by Jane Austen's nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh. Not wishing to diminish the artist achievement in any way, but I did feel they were using Jane Austen's name to sell... Read more or Comment
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