Today marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Ireland’s national poet, WB celebrated around the world as an outstanding poet & writer; always inspired by his ‘spiritual home’ ‘Under bare Ben Bulben’s head In Drumcliffe churchyard Yeats is laid.’

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"Brick" and second illustration for "Elegy Written In a Country Churchyard" are now available in my store;
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New artwork for sale! - "Gathering in the Churchyard" - https://t.co/bEIhxpSzkt

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Autumn crocus, by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969), sometimes seen in churchyards & once grown for its medicinal properties, curing gout

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"And yonder shines Aurora’s harbinger;
At whose approach, ghosts wand'ring here and there,
Troop home to churchyards: damned spirits all,
That in cross-ways and floods have burial,
Already to their wormy beds are gone."

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Sketch from today's meetup with Sketchers. The churchyard of Christ Church with Alphin Pike in the background

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Philip James de Loutherbourg died 1812. The first painting—one of my favorites—depicts the ruins of Tintern Abbey.

Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard
The Vision of the White Horse
An Avalanche in the Alps
Château de Chillon

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Ah, my childhood home! Full of uh... gravestones and... grey churchyards. So Victorian! So idyllic!

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“Holly” by Thomas Churchyard, 1849, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, England.

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The Angelystor - a nasty little spirit posessing an ancient yew tree in a Llangernyw churchyard, who each Calan Gaeaf (Halloween) announces the names of those who are to die in the upcoming year.

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Truro Cathedral from Kenwyn Churchyard, Cornwall: 'A Garden of Memories' by Garstin Cox 1920
Oil on Canvas
(National Trust, Lanhydrock)

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Philip James de Loutherbourg died 1812. First painting, Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard, depicts the ruin of Tintern Abbey

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These little chaps grow in our churchyard. Drew with pen, watercolour then pastel

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