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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: anyone know where this cottage & bay is ?
« on: Thursday 02 December 10 15:53 GMT (UK) »
thanks,for the suggestion marcie.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: anyone know where this cottage & bay is ?
« on: Thursday 02 December 10 11:43 GMT (UK) »
Dobfarm, your suggestions are very interesting, and I thank you enormously, but to be honest, I still haven't seen a clifftop with that weird formation on the top. Lots of caves, yes, but no 'hanging rock' that fits.
Still, I've had enough of looking I think, and thank you all for your efforts.
I will see what ebayers make of it, as it IS for sale after all.
thanks
tim
Still, I've had enough of looking I think, and thank you all for your efforts.
I will see what ebayers make of it, as it IS for sale after all.
thanks
tim
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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Henry N.M.Sedgwick ? Naval Surgeon
« on: Sunday 28 November 10 19:59 GMT (UK) »
hi
I have just posted a certificate of Henry Sedgwick, surgeon on HMS Victory 1864 on ebay.
Also mentions HMS Cumberland.
item number: 380293751982
tim
I have just posted a certificate of Henry Sedgwick, surgeon on HMS Victory 1864 on ebay.
Also mentions HMS Cumberland.
item number: 380293751982
tim
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: anyone know where this cottage & bay is ?
« on: Sunday 28 November 10 19:50 GMT (UK) »
thanks for the continuing assistance with this.
I attach the signature close-up. It looks like F Dearden or E Dearden to me.
I have checked on the back, the pencil name just says "dearden" and there is an auction number too, so I think It's likely the name was the Auctioneer's writing, not the artist's.
I can see the Lamorna cove pictures now, but still can't see anything that looks like this painting - the rock formation is so very distinctive. I will attempt to link this to Cornwall chat, so maybe they will come up with something definitive. In which case, I'll post here too.
Thanks for the help so far.
Tim
I attach the signature close-up. It looks like F Dearden or E Dearden to me.
I have checked on the back, the pencil name just says "dearden" and there is an auction number too, so I think It's likely the name was the Auctioneer's writing, not the artist's.
I can see the Lamorna cove pictures now, but still can't see anything that looks like this painting - the rock formation is so very distinctive. I will attempt to link this to Cornwall chat, so maybe they will come up with something definitive. In which case, I'll post here too.
Thanks for the help so far.
Tim
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: anyone know where this cottage & bay is ?
« on: Thursday 25 November 10 11:11 GMT (UK) »
gosh, lots of questions & suggestions - thank you so much !!
It is a painting, I think it's oil - definitely not watercolour. about 3ft x 2ft. no frame.
it says Dearden on the back in pencil, I never thought it could be a place name. Bartholomew's 1905 gazetteer lists no place called Dearden, and I think (don't have it in front of me) that there IS an initial letter in front of the name. I will check when I get home.
Thanks for the Harold Dearden comment - my plan was to identify the painting and then put it on ebay with the place name found, as the painting is meaningless to me. If it is by a known artist, so much the better.
I have looked on google for photos of the places people have suggested so far, and as you all say, the funny shaped rock on the top is pretty definitive. Nell suggests an amalgamation of places, which I agree is a good idea, but surely if you were painting somewhere "pretty" from imagination, you wouldn't have put that lump on the top would you ? I guess the painting may be an unfinished work, but then it wouldn't have been in my family (sheffield area) unless someone had bought it (or been given it) at some point.
If anyone can pinpoint a photo which looks like this painting, (and if it was a definite single place then it would surely have been photographed!) then I will consider the matter solved. so far there is nothing online which looks like this - even bearing in mind it's probably 100 yeasr ago when it was painted - although I think the recent suggestion of Cornwall coves will bear fruit in the end. Lamorna \Cove looks the closest so far. I might stick this on the Cornwall board too, when the suggestions here dry up !
many thanks
tim
ps, Nell, the geograph link is broken on my pc I'm afraid.
It is a painting, I think it's oil - definitely not watercolour. about 3ft x 2ft. no frame.
it says Dearden on the back in pencil, I never thought it could be a place name. Bartholomew's 1905 gazetteer lists no place called Dearden, and I think (don't have it in front of me) that there IS an initial letter in front of the name. I will check when I get home.
Thanks for the Harold Dearden comment - my plan was to identify the painting and then put it on ebay with the place name found, as the painting is meaningless to me. If it is by a known artist, so much the better.
I have looked on google for photos of the places people have suggested so far, and as you all say, the funny shaped rock on the top is pretty definitive. Nell suggests an amalgamation of places, which I agree is a good idea, but surely if you were painting somewhere "pretty" from imagination, you wouldn't have put that lump on the top would you ? I guess the painting may be an unfinished work, but then it wouldn't have been in my family (sheffield area) unless someone had bought it (or been given it) at some point.
If anyone can pinpoint a photo which looks like this painting, (and if it was a definite single place then it would surely have been photographed!) then I will consider the matter solved. so far there is nothing online which looks like this - even bearing in mind it's probably 100 yeasr ago when it was painted - although I think the recent suggestion of Cornwall coves will bear fruit in the end. Lamorna \Cove looks the closest so far. I might stick this on the Cornwall board too, when the suggestions here dry up !
many thanks
tim
ps, Nell, the geograph link is broken on my pc I'm afraid.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: anyone know where this cottage & bay is ?
« on: Wednesday 24 November 10 14:26 GMT (UK) »
wow, thanks for the suggestion - within 5 minutes of posting it !!
however, not convinced it's Treen as the google pix look fairly dissimilar. no cave either that I can see.
tim
however, not convinced it's Treen as the google pix look fairly dissimilar. no cave either that I can see.
tim
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / anyone know where this cottage & bay is ?
« on: Wednesday 24 November 10 14:09 GMT (UK) »
been in my family for years, signed 'dearden' but I have no idea where it is.
thanks
tim
thanks
tim
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Anglesey / Re: Owen/Owens in Anglesey
« on: Wednesday 10 November 10 15:08 GMT (UK) »
Oh my goodness, the proliferation of Owens (and Williams and Roberts) on the island has made research into those names very difficult.
You may be interested to know that in about 1915, one William Owen (1874-1925) decided to adopt the middle name David, in order to 'stand out from the crowd' in his professional life as a barrister/solicitor. He is more famous as "W.D.Owen" the author of the 1925 smuggling romance Madam Wen, and I know this, because I have written a book about him entitled "The Rhosneigr Romanticist", which as well as the biography, includes the first ever English translation (abridged) of Madam Wen. You can read about it on Amazon if you would like to.
It does mean that people researching simple names "William Owen", need to be aware that their birth certificates and death certificates may show different "full" names though. Such Fun !
You may be interested to know that in about 1915, one William Owen (1874-1925) decided to adopt the middle name David, in order to 'stand out from the crowd' in his professional life as a barrister/solicitor. He is more famous as "W.D.Owen" the author of the 1925 smuggling romance Madam Wen, and I know this, because I have written a book about him entitled "The Rhosneigr Romanticist", which as well as the biography, includes the first ever English translation (abridged) of Madam Wen. You can read about it on Amazon if you would like to.
It does mean that people researching simple names "William Owen", need to be aware that their birth certificates and death certificates may show different "full" names though. Such Fun !
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Warwickshire / Jopson's Coventry Mercury 1790 & 1783
« on: Wednesday 25 August 10 14:37 BST (UK) »
Anyone interested in purchasing two original copies of this "newspaper" ?
28th June 1790 and
April 14th 1783.
offers invited.
28th June 1790 and
April 14th 1783.
offers invited.