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Sadly, this was a common occurrence of the coast of Yarmouth as we are surrounded by offshore sandbanks making the journey of incoming ships very difficult especially in bad weather.
W. Joy captures this danger is his painting, Saving a Crew near Yarmouth Pier. #CopperfieldAlong
For this week's Kids and Collections we are looking at the heroes💪 of our coastline- the lifeboat men. Discover what these men had to endure and with very little equipment in order to save people from wrecks. Hear about some of Norfolk sea heros too.
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Our #volunteer documentation team have been helping us to digitalise a collection of #GreatYarmouth, seaside postcards. Thanks to their hard work we are able to share these with you.......
This #postcard featuring the Wellington Gardens was posted on the 3rd July 1909, exactly 111 years ago today. The message reads 'Dear Mrs Dobson, We are having a glorious time. Suits Mr S & self alright. Good digs couldn’t wish for better. Hope this will find you good, Mrs Smart'
1/2 J is for Joy William (1803-1865) & John (1805-1859) Joy , brothers born in Southtown, Gt Yarmouth. Prominent maritime artists from the Norwich School of Painters.Captain George Manby, the barrack master, commissioned them to paint harrowing scenes of vessels in distress.
The Ianthe of Yarmouth by Nicolo Fondo is one of 304 #GreatYarmouth museums artworks now digitally accessible on the https://t.co/ZDMgkqxjXH website. For further info: https://t.co/msfvofHPyA
Our final painting/photo double for #MaritimeDay - This time it is Steam Drifter YH973 (artist unknown by us).
Alright we've had a lot of landscape paintings now to have fun with portraiture! Look at these amazing paintings & photos of the wonderful characters that make up towns history & see if you can recreate them.
Please share them with us with #CultureInQuarantineMW! #MuseumsWeek
We have many paintings of our coastline🏖 in our collection; the raging sea to a summer's day you can see its many facets. This round of #CultureinQuarantine re-image these paintings in different styles. #MuseumsWeek2020
Shipwreck William Joy
The South Wind, Gorleston C A Mellon
Our final #MuseumWeek #HeroesMW for today are anybody involved in rescue at sea. In the early 19th c, George Manby invented the 'Manby Mortar' making rescuing distressed ships easier and thus saving countless lives.