Tag Archives: Great Britain

1932: Cheltenham

Posted on October 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Algernon Cecil Newton: Outskirts of Cheltenham (1932)

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1898: Blown on the Wind

Posted on October 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

David James: Blown on the Wind (1898)

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1937: When I Get to the Bottom I Go Back to the Top of the Slide Where I Stop and I Turn and I Go for a Ride Till I Get to the Bottom and I See You Again

Posted on October 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Stanley Spencer: Helter Skelter (1937)   A photograph of Spencer painting it at Hampstead Heath:

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1894: Nursery

Posted on October 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Hetherington Emmerson: God’s Nursery (1894)

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1913: The Sands at Machrihanish

Posted on October 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Campbell Mitchell: The Sands at Machrihanish (1913)

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1814: The Fairy Vessel Performed its Little Voyage

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley loved paper boats: Shelley’s walks, when not determined elsewhere, often tended in the direction of a pond at no great distance from Primrose Hill, very proper for the delectable amusement of sailing paper boats; or … Continue reading →

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1815: The Affair of a Second

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Thomas Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, describes a moment during the Battle of Waterloo: We halted and formed square in the middle of the plain. As we were performing this movement, a bugler of the 51st, who had been out … Continue reading →

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1977: Jayaben Desai

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Graham Wood: Jayaben Desai (1977) Desai lead the 1977 strike at the Grunwick photo-processing factory in Willesden, London. The workers, predominantly Asian women, not only struck for union recognition, but challenged the stereotype of being silent and subservient. They were … Continue reading →

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1820: Thirlmere

Posted on October 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Glover: Thirlmere (c. 1820)

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1910: Dorset

Posted on October 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry van der Weyden: Cliff End, Studland, Dorset (1909–1910)

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