Work of the Week 49: Brook Street, Great Bardfield by Sheila Robinson
Woodcut, 1966 Sheila Robinson lived in Cage Cottage in Great Bardfield from 1957 until it was destroyed by fire in 1967. She was a skilled printmaker, and often worked in the unusual medium of cardboard cut prints. She produced many works to commission for bodies such...
Work of the Week 48: Red Tabby by Sheila Robinson
cardboard cut, 1971 Sheila Robinson developed her own highly accomplished technique for printmaking using a cardboard cut out, often in conjunction with lino print, produced without the aid of a press, her cottage being too small to accommodate one. Card shapes were...
Work of the Week 47: Christmas Greetings by Walter Hoyle
etching Hoyle’s image is a quirky and ebullient depiction of Santa Claus driving his present-laden sleigh through the night sky on Christmas Eve. In Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” (also known as “Twas the Night Before Christmas”),...
Work of the Week 46: Ballymoss, Ascot Racecourse by Kenneth Rowntree
lithograph, 1958 Ballymoss (1954 – 1979) was an 16-hands-high Irish thoroughbred racehorse. He is pictured here winning the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot in 1958 by three lengths and was retired at the end of that season. He ran in 17...