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Four hill figures by Ravilious. Top left to bottom left: The Long Man of Wilmington, The Cerna Abbas Giant, The Westbury Horse, and The Vale of the White Horse. All 1939.
Tonight's goodnight image is 'Stooking', a print from a wood engraving by the rather brilliant Clare Leighton, whose 'Four Hedges' has been re-issued by
@LittleToller and contains many of her wood engravings.
'Winter. Rooks and Rain'. Gertrude Hermes. Print from a wood engraving. 1950.
'Because he was always up early and liked to catch the countryside at its first freshness, he had often drawn the sun. For many of his watercolours he had looked directly into it.'
Christopher Neve on Eric Ravilious.
Left: Rye Harbour, 1938. Right Dungeness, 1939.
Two goodnight images - left: 'Amber Sky' by Paul Corfield. Right: 'The Antrim Coast, Moonlight' by George Callaghan.
Tonight's goodnight image is the astonishing 'Windmere', from the brush of Edward Burra. Pencil and watercolour, 1973.
Great idea, fantastic execution. @rupertlally has composed a soundtrack to Frank Herbert's 'Dune'.
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