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

sometimes the day starts well ...

kensington style

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

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

in a private chapel in the home counties

Here lies the Body of JOHN EVELYN Esq of this place, second son of RICHARD EVELYN Esq who having served the Publick in several employments of which that Commissioner of the Privy Seal in the reign of King James the 2nd was most Honourable: and perpetuated his fame by far more lasting Monuments than those of Stone, or Brass: his Learned and useful works, fell asleep the 27th day of February 1705/6 being the 86th Year of his age in full hope of a glorious resurrection thro faith in Jesus Christ. Living in an age of extraordinary events, and revolutions he learnt (as himself asserted) this truth which pursuant to his intention is here declared.
That all is vanity which is not honest and that there's no solid Wisdom but in real piety.

Of five Sons and three Daughters borne to him from his most vertuous and excellent Wife MARY sole daughter, and heiress of Sir RICHARD BROWNE of Sayes Court near Deptford in Kent onely one Daughter SUSANNA married to WILLIAM DRAPER Esq of Adscomb in this County survived him the two others dying in the flower of their age, and all the sons very young except one nam'd John who deceased 24 March 1698/9 in the 45th year of his age, leaving one son JOHN and one daughter ELIZABETH.

i've kept this picture in one of my scrapbooks for nearly forty years

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

marlborovgh road

"do i dare to eat a peach ?"

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

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

in the courtyard of saint james' church on piccadilly

exuberant divers above cove street by piccadilly circus

gilbert bayes' freize for the saville theatre, 135 shaftesbury avenue

http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/SavilleTheatre.htm
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/911/

gilbert bayes' saville theatre freize ... extreme left

gilbert bayes' saville theatre ... left

gilbert bayes' saville theatre freize ... middle

gilbert bayes' saville theatre freize ... right

the tower at kew bridge pumphouse ... where they turned thames water into drinking water

apropos the finer points of what to slap and how to slap it

see-saw

buzzzz

to the woods ! ... via the tapestry room

you look dapper from your napper to your feet ... to the national art library in the V&A to find out more about maurice lambert; he's wearing gloves

http://www.vam.ac.uk/nal/

i'll go back next week to check some details before i give you the results of my short search ...

... and many thanks to everyone at the library for their courtesy and patience

one of the questions that i'll be "sniffing around" in search of an answer for is ...

was there such a thing as "cold war art" & was maurice's work for Associated Electrical Industries a prime example ?

curiously enough, fantastically curiously, quite creepily serendipitously ... having just formulated that question and typed the three words into google, i've found this link to a forthcoming exhibition on the V&A's very own website !

http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/future_exhibs/cold_war/index.html

maybe the question needs reformulating ... was there such a thing as "corporate cold war art" ?

wotton church in surrey

i'd like to get inside this isolated church to see what remains of john evelyn's memorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Evelyn

transport for london ... commodity fetishism ... weapons

whatever the grown ups living in london might be thinking about the attitude of the youth towards the possession of weapons, nothing stands between the cinema industry and the fetishization of arms

it was never a penalty, ref !