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Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Two Worlds.





Night And Evening 1930 by Ernest Procter.









Between two worlds life hovers like a star,
'Twixt night and moon, upon the horizon's Verge.
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!
~ Byron.





Monday, 31 October 2011

William Blake.

William Blake 1757-1827 English poet, painter, and printmaker. Influential in the history of poetry and the visual arts of the Romantic Age.









William Blake, Ancient Of Days.








God Appears and God is Light
To those poor souls who dwell in night,
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day.

William Blake.







Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Beau Brummell.










Englishman Beau Brummell 1778 - 1840. Nineteenth century dandy he hired the best tailors and wore the most perfect cuts and finest fabrics. With his desire to put together an elegant manly look he became the designer of the first suit as we know it today.

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Arthur Rackham.

Arthur Rackham 1867 - 1939, English Artist, noted for his book illustrations.





Peter Pan, Arthur Rackham.








Peter Pan, The Serpentine, Arthur Rackham.