Saturday, July 05, 2008

yet another little bit of local colour

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like a dog chasing it's own "tale"

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i'm still looking for clues about who commissioned maurice lambert's grotesque carvings for AEI ... but when i googled the obvious s...
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Friday, July 04, 2008

more about maurice lambert

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there isn't much written about maurice lambert ... perhaps because not much of his work is memorable the main book, by vanessa nicolson,...
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some gilbert bayes nymphs in the V&A

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"the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable"

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a rarther frivverless old joanna ... designed by burne-jones

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did they mop their gravy with bread, or just lick the plate ?

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sometimes the day starts well ...

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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

kensington style

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Monday, June 30, 2008

on the north side of a private chapel in the home counties

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on the south side of a private chapel in the home counties

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in a private chapel in the home counties ... the tomb of john evelyn ... vandalised in my lifetime

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      Here lies the Body of JOHN EVELYN Esq of this place, second son of RICHARD EVELYN Esq who having served the Publick in several employm...
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i've kept this picture in one of my scrapbooks for nearly forty years

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

faith, hope, love ... the guiding virtues of queen alexandra

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marlborovgh road

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"do i dare to eat a peach ?"

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a bit of local colour ... in the garden wall of saint james' palace

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on the hour, mister fortnum and mister mason emerge to look around, mister mason glances at mr fortnum, and then mister fortnum nods approvingly

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in the courtyard of saint james' church on piccadilly ... i don't know if these peopnies were ripped up by vandals, or if they were an inspired gift from someone with a true eye for beauty

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exuberant divers above cove street by piccadilly circus

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