Sunday, June 29, 2008

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




Friday, June 27, 2008

Thursday, June 26, 2008

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




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 !
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