Over The Top (with thanks to the IWM) The 30th December 2017 is the centenary of the action that led to one of the most evocative works of art to come out of the First World War. ‘Over The Top’ was painted by...
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Nov 29th, 2014
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Exterior | Monuments | Portfolio |
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Epsom War Memorial
Epsom War Memorial - credit War Memorials Online The Epsom War Memorial is located at the junction of Ashley Road and Treadwell Road, in Epsom, Surrey. It is an eighteen feet tall Cornish granite Celtic Cross on a...
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Apr 19th, 2014
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Patrick's Writing |
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The Artists of the Artists Rifles – part 1
Napoleon III by Franz Xaver Winterhalter To some it may come as a surprise that an artist might have soldierly inclinations or that a soldier might also be artistic. This is the story of a very unusual group of men...
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Sep 21st, 2012
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Portfolio | Private Houses | Recent projects | Residences |
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Roehampton House
Roehampton House (West front) - with thanks to St James Roehampton House, in Roehampton, SW London, was built by the architect Thomas Archer in 1710-12 for the London merchant Thomas Cary. Cary had been born in the...
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Nov 15th, 2011
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Colour Ranges | Paint Technical |
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Walpamur
I have already written about two other significant brands of Water Paint in the twentieth century - Thomas Parsons' Parlyte Water Paint and Duresco - the 'King of Water Paints'. However, it is perhaps Walpamur, the...
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Oct 5th, 2011
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Exterior | Government | Institutions | Portfolio |
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Admiralty Lookout
Admiralty Lookout - marked The Admiralty Lookout and Port War Signal Station, located at the southern limit of the grounds of Dover Castle, is set hundreds of feet above sea-level on the edge of the White Cliffs of...
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Sep 7th, 2011
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Colour Services | Portfolio |
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Locomotive Lamp
Occasionally I am asked to examine an object that falls outside the usual run of things. In this case it concerned the lamp from a late 19th century American locomotive that had been scrapped decades...
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