Tom Gentleman (David depicted in blue cap + blazer)
Kenneth Rowntree
Barbara Jones
Living: The School Prints. A scheme to bring real
art into schools during the Second World War, these
lithographs celebrated traditional life in Britain.
25.2.10
24.2.10
Living: The Smythson diary. Made with
Featherweight Paper copyrighted in 1916, this was
the first practical portable diary. Hind/Doe stalking
season ends (N. Ireland) February 28th.
23.2.10
Living: Giffords Circus. A traditional small Cotswold
touring circus, with plenty of sawdust and music and horses
and tweed and geese and acrobats, and no caged animals.
22.2.10
19.2.10
The North
The Craze for Fur and Feathers
What's So Special About France?
Living: John Bulmer, one of the Young Meteors.
He photographed for the Sunday Times, the first
newspaper to launch a colour* supplement in 1962.
*colour not then being associated with newspapers.
18.2.10
Not quite extinct: Pit ponies. Women and children were
replaced in the mines by pit ponies in the mid 18th century.
Short, sturdy ponies such as Shetlands were preferred.
Visit the sanctuary in Wales. Photographs by John Bulmer.
17.2.10
Extinct: The grey wool pinstriped Siren Suit.
Designed by Winston Churchill for Winston Churchill
and tailored by Austin Reed, of Regent Street.
Poster design by Tom Eckersley.
16.2.10
Facing extinction: Abbey Road Studios. A large
house built in 1831, the first recording there was
Land of Hope and Glory, conducted by Elgar.
Collage by Peter Blake.
15.2.10
Living: Kermit the Frog. Born in 1955, he found
his legs 14 years later on Sesame Street and leapt
to superstardom in 1976 with The Muppet Show.
Now in training for a major motion picture.
12.2.10
11.2.10
*Notice: Despite a long and trying journey
through red tape and rubber stamps, the Austrian
enamelware is back in stock. Ancient Industries
thanks everyone for their patience in this matter.
10.2.10
Night and Day tea towel, 1954
Extinct: Lucienne Day, 1917-2010.
Picking up where William Morris left off,
she created "art for the people", inspired by
nature, and symbolic of post-war re-growth.
9.2.10
Disparu: The Onion Johnny. Crossing the Channel
from Brittany, he was a seasonal travelling salesman
whose profession was completely unknown in
France (where onions were sold at market).
8.2.10
Living: Georgian Creamware. Take a lump
of white Cornish clay, add water and pour into
a Plaster of Paris mould. Remove and bake.
See the results at Ancient Industries.
4.2.10
High Steppers, 1938-9
Edward VIII, 1936
Miss Earhart's Arrival, 1936
Decidedly previous: Walter Sickert's pop art.
Painted from newspaper photos and not from life,
Sickert was frowned upon for cheating.
3.2.10
Living: Ambergris. Sperm whale faeces, used
in French perfume (Givenchy, Dior, Chanel).
Colourfully explained here by Philip Hoare.
1.2.10
Quotable:
"A lucky kit, a lucky shoe,
To let you know my love is true."
Valentine cards at Ancient Industries.
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