Sudbury’s Son Reading about the re-opening of Gainsborough’s House after a three year renovation costing £9 million I reflected.
A King Penguin If you associate heraldry with pomposity, snobbery, self aggrandisement and vanity this glorious cover should make you think again.
The Littlehampton Bequest When the National Gallery of Ireland opened in 1864 it had 112 paintings, today there are about 14,000.
Heraldic Art Like his friend, Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden was a war artist; in peace time he was a painter, illustrator and graphic artist.
Cedric Morris I have a new third cousin; an excuse to look for a postcard to send to his mother. To digress, his first name is Robert. In my quest I came across Wartime Garden painted by Cedric Morris in the Second World War.
Lost in the Apennines You probably thought John Verney did the dust jacket for his book. I wondered and he didn’t.