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Two Erics, two views of Cuckmere Haven. Left, 'The Coastguard Station' by Eric Slater, c. 1930s. Right, 'Cuckmere Haven' by Eric Ravilious, 1939. The Ravilious view is more or less from outside the cottages, looking landward.
Good-morning images. Left, 'Berkshire Downs', Paul Nash, 1922. Right 'Thornton Watless Moor', Simon Palmer, 2013.
Tonight's goodnight image is 'Evening Scene with Full Moon and Persons' by the brilliant Abraham Pether. 1801.
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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.
'. . . if I were to breed
a human and a turkey then it would be possible
to have the best of both worlds: a wattle and hands;
feathers and a large brain.'
From Vik Shirley's 'I Never Intended to Get Into Breeding.' @VikShirley
https://t.co/0h8GDmW248
Image info in 1st comment.
'Winter. Rooks and Rain'. Gertrude Hermes. Print from a wood engraving. 1950.
Four ponds by John Nash.
Clockwise from top left to bottom left: Mill Pond Evening, 1933. The Farm Pond, 1940. Walled Pond, Little Bredy, Dorset, 1923. Ashby's Pond, 1937.
'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.