Work of the Week 28: Morris Dancing at Thaxted by Walter Hoyle
poster, 1964 Walter Hoyle’s poster celebrating the Morris Dancing at Thaxted perfectly captures the colour and exuberance of the age-old tradition of this English folk dance. In late May or early June, the Thaxted Morris Men perform their version of the Abbots Bromley...
Work of the Week 27: The Flying Dutchman by David Myerscough-Jones
mixed media, 1975 Made in advance of a 1976 BBC television production of Wagner’s opera The Flying Dutchman, David Myerscough-Jones’s drawing manages not only to be a practical design but to evoke the entire musical world of that haunted and haunting...
Work of the Week 26: Dans ce Cafe by Michael Ayrton
etching, from Femmes/Hombres (The Verlaine Suite) 1972 Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), wrote a trilogy of erotic poetry between 1887 and 1891, entitled Les Amies, Femmes and Hombres. The latter two were republished in 1972 as Femmes/Hombres in an edition of 100, with 15...