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The #Iceni Queen #Boudica is depicted here in the 1898 stained glass window in #Colchester Town Hall. Her troops swept down from #Norfolk to raid Colchester in AD60, nothing #Roman was spared no building or person what ever age was left standing. #StainedGlassSunday
Colchester: From Bronze Age to Boudica https://t.co/FGftXQ79LB
Members Monday
Each Monday we will be highlighting one of our Colchester Art Society members, taking images from our members galleries on our website.
Colchester Art Society Member: Liz Shaw
Plant, Acrylic on paper, 30 x 42 cm
#ColchesterArtSociety #CreativeColchester
Ancients Podcast! Colchester: From Bronze Age to Boudica https://t.co/oXj3aOoOMm
Last few days to see neurodiverse art show 'Born with it' at the Minories gallery in Colchester this week! So chuffed to be part of this incredible show. Website contains all visitor info: https://t.co/5Y9UIhPVpx @WMinories #neurodiverseart #neurodivergentartists
Hollie Boyle
‘Wavy’
Acrylic
12” x 8.5”
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#OnThisDay 1688 William of Orange's invasion army landed at Brixham in Devon.
It took some time for the intelligence to reach James II & the next day it was still reported variously that William was expected at Yarmouth, Colchester or Bridlington
#twitterstorians #HistParl
Each Thursday we will be highlighting one of the many pieces in the Colchester Art Society Permanent Collection.
Andrew Dodds (1927-2004)
Peak District, 1976, Pen and watercolour on paper, 10 ¼ x 13 ¾ in, Signed and dated
[CAS 33] Acquired in 1977
#ColchesterArtSociety
This amazing image by Peter Lorimer imagines how #Colchester’s #Roman dead were laid to rest. The Romans knew it was unhealthy to keep bodies within the city walls, so the roads leading from Colchester would have been lined with tombstones.
#DecodingTheRomanDead #DTRD
Each Thursday we will be highlighting one of the many pieces in the Colchester Art Society Permanent Collection.
Henry Collins (1910-1994)
Stripped Tree Trunk, c.1967, Pencil/graphite and watercolour on paper, 21 x 29 in
[CAS 8] Acquired in 1967
#ColchesterArtSociety
Each Thursday we will be highlighting one of the many pieces in the Colchester Art Society Permanent Collection.
Simon Carter (b.1961)
Hipkin’s Beach, 2013, Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 80 cm, Signed and dated on reverse
[CAS 69]
#ColchesterArtSociety #ThrowbackThursday
The capital of Roman Britain until Boudica sacked it, Colchester – ancient Camulodonum – is Britain’s oldest town. Frank Hargrave from @ColMuseums talks through the finds revealing more about this town's ancient history: from the Bronze Age to Boudica
🎧 https://t.co/QIq2ICvKLK
Each Thursday we will be highlighting one of the many pieces in the Colchester Art Society Permanent Collection.
Jennifer Andrews Des RCA (b. 1935)
Harebell round a White Rose, 1960s, Watercolour on hot pressed paper, 5 ¼ x 6 ¾ in, Signed
[CAS 19] Acquired in 1972
Members Monday
Each Monday we will be highlighting one of our Colchester Art Society members, taking images from our members galleries on our website.
Colchester Art Society Member: Tony Bramley
Suprematism Composition No. 86, Giclée print, 60 x 60 cm
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Each Thursday we will be highlighting one of the many pieces in the Colchester Art Society Permanent Collection.
Rowland Suddaby (1912-1972)
Road to Church Farm, Stansfield, 1961, Watercolour/pen and ink on paper, 15 ¼ x 21 ½ in, Signed and dated
[CAS 3] Acquired in 1961
Members Monday
Each Monday we will be highlighting one of our Colchester Art Society members, taking images from our members galleries on our website.
Colchester Art Society Member: David Bexley
By the Window, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
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