tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post5221439581321522679..comments2023-10-31T12:17:42.008+00:00Comments on Adventures in the Print Trade: A walk along High StreetNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-82364160833650818662009-12-27T22:38:33.111+00:002009-12-27T22:38:33.111+00:00Lagarde - I love your blog! We are interested in s...Lagarde - I love your blog! We are interested in so many of the same things. I've added a link on this site, so that readers of my blog can easily find yours.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-45210647371979430532009-12-27T20:01:45.235+00:002009-12-27T20:01:45.235+00:00Hello.
That's a very good article, you can see...Hello.<br />That's a very good article, you can see others images from Lucien Boucher on my blog<br />http://www.magalerieaparis.comLagardehttp://www.illustrissimo.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-84704690748729277772008-06-23T08:47:00.000+01:002008-06-23T08:47:00.000+01:00Glad you like them, Will. Boucher's images seem so...Glad you like them, Will. Boucher's images seem so simple, because they're so beautifully composed, but there's always something witty going on that you don't notice at first - like the pharmacist with one green eye and one red one.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-66594048397366894722008-06-23T00:40:00.000+01:002008-06-23T00:40:00.000+01:00I love the Lucien Boucher images, thanks for highl...I love the Lucien Boucher images, thanks for highlighting them.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799869059793681283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-2016124339233501962008-05-13T22:49:00.000+01:002008-05-13T22:49:00.000+01:00I have been a fan of Ravilious's for so very long ...I have been a fan of Ravilious's for so very long ... thanks for the eye candy!An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-67557386481393135442008-05-04T15:28:00.000+01:002008-05-04T15:28:00.000+01:00According to Bryars, who seems to know a very grea...According to Bryars, who seems to know a very great deal about Berners, it was his lordship. Perhaps both he and James were involved in the transaction.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-68325482345258720152008-05-03T23:06:00.000+01:002008-05-03T23:06:00.000+01:00Now I'm completely confused, Philip. Was it Gerald...Now I'm completely confused, Philip. Was it Gerald Berners who hired the diving suit, not Edward James? Could have been either, from personality, motive, opportunity and means. Trying to find out on the internet has got me nowhere, other than discovering it was the poet David Gascoyne who freed Dalí from the diving suit with a wrench and saved him from asphyxiation.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-35673180726570740072008-05-03T16:35:00.000+01:002008-05-03T16:35:00.000+01:00I've never seen English Wits, but I have a feeling...I've never seen English Wits, but I have a feeling it's not an important work. The best survey of Ravilious's art is Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities by Alan Powers, which was published in 2003 to accompany a centenary retrospective exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. The sheer range of Ravilious's work is astonishing - murals, wood engravings, designs for ceramics, lithographs, and of course the watercolours. We have some beautiful Ravilious plates, cups and saucers from his "Travel" range , designed for Wedgwood in 1938 but not actually produced until 1952 - trains, boats, planes, even a hot-air balloon, in blue on a grey ground, which come out for afternoon tea with guests who will appreciate them.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-6114422175411032092008-05-03T15:49:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:49:00.000+01:00Thank you for introducing me to Eric Ravilious. I...Thank you for introducing me to Eric Ravilious. I checked my local library and they have a book illustrated by him titled "English Wits", written by Leonard Russell and published (in the U.S. by Kennikat Press) in 1940. Can't wait to get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-34672604539240611742008-05-02T21:44:00.000+01:002008-05-02T21:44:00.000+01:00There's so much to say about High Street, a book f...There's so much to say about High Street, a book for which the over-used adjective "iconic" is for once apt. For now I'll limit myself to an anecdote told by the composer Gavin Bryars about the diving suit hired by Dali for the surrealist exhibition. Lord Berners, no stranger to the surreal, was the person who went to the shop to collect the suit. "How deep is Mr Dali going to dive, my lord?" asked the shopkeeper. Quick as a flash, the versatile peer replied: "To the depth of his subconscious."Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.com