Tuesday, 3 December 2024
26 rue Vavin, Henri Sauvage, 1912
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Adaptability is what distinguishes Henri Sauvage from his architectural contemporaries. After designing an expansive, florid Art Nouveau man...
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Postcard of the Day No. 114, Snake Handling
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An adoring group of female admirers have gathered to pay homage to the courage and skill of the neighbourhood snake handler. Look closer an...
Thursday, 7 November 2024
Leslie Carr on the cover of “Morris Owner”
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Images of motoring subjects made up the greater part of Leslie Carr’s output and he had a close relationship with Morris Motors, one of Brit...
Sunday, 3 November 2024
Leslie Carr illustrates "By Road, Rail, Air and Sea" (1931)
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Fourteen years have passed since I last wrote about the illustrator and poster artist, Leslie Carr and noted the lack of online biographica...
Sunday, 27 October 2024
Seaside Photographer at Work
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Between the wars every seaside town and resort would have at least one photographic business that specialised in selling visitors their phot...
Monday, 21 October 2024
Central Arcade Newcastle
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Even in a city well supplied with buildings of quality, the Central Arcade stands out for its sumptuous ceramic decoration. In plan, it link...
Monday, 14 October 2024
Scarborough’s Grand Hotel
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Above is a detail from a painting of 1867 in the Scarborough Museum and Art Gallery - it shows the seaward side of the just completed Grand ...
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