Just about sixteen years ago my neighbor came over with a zip lock bag of vintage post cards. She had wanted me to paint her a picture of the Burford Bridge Hotel in Dorking, a town in Surry, UK. So she left me the bag of post cards to use as reference. Shortly after she moved away and I haven’t seen or heard from her since.
Surprisingly, today in search of something I reached in a cabinet in the studio and there was the plastic bag holding the set of forty-three post cards of Inn’s, Cathedral’s, quaint little villages, and harbor edges of fishing village’s. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons’ art publishers. Each picture is a facsimile of original watercolor drawings by English watercolor artist, Alfred Robert Quinton, and Henry B. Wimbush who was one of Tucks most prolific artists.
What a treasure! I hate to leave them in the bag, after all these years I’d say they live with me now. No? Unless one day she comes a knocking which I highly doubt.
Now I have to figure out what to do with them. Should I frame them, make a montage, or maybe a collage? Any idea? Here are 3 of the postcards with a few interesting scrawls. In the upcoming weeks I’ll post a few more. Enjoy!
Stay well my friend!
Picturesque Coaching Inns. The New Inn, Gloucester.
The Old Black Bull –York
The Lygon Arms Hotel.
