The excellent blog Transpontine has a post about Turner’s London paintings. It also linked to this painting, shown above, of “View on Lewisham Hill, Looking Up towards a Windmill on Blackheath 1796-7″.
It also shows how completely rural the area was back then! I always find it hard to imagine.
UPDATE: A different kind [...]
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February 7, 2009
A Windmill on Blackheath
February 1, 2009
The Sleepwalker may give you nightmares
If you get a chance, have a look at what’s on display in the Blackheath Gallery at the moment. The paintings by Ray Donley are quite spectacular. I’m not sure I could cope with them staring out at me from my walls – they are generally sinister and occasionally terrifying, but beautifully painted. [...]
January 30, 2009
The Birds
Lovely, rather sinister photo of the Bleak Heath by Flickr user Lemon Te. Used by permission.
January 1, 2009
It looks like a pint of Guinness settling over Blackheath
An awesome pair of Blackheath photos to see in the new year! The photo above was taken by Flickr user Andy Linden. Both of these must have been taken at around the same time, I think – they both have a lovely colour to them.
This photo is by Flickr user Baskill. The full [...]
August 18, 2008
Artists in Blackheath
Blackheath seems to be home to a great many artists. There is the Blackheath Gallery on the high street (google map here), which rotates around many different artists (see their site for more info). Recently they had a terrifying oil painting of Amy Winehouse on display, as well as some lovely glasswork. [...]
July 31, 2008
Well it doesn’t look like that any more…
“Near the Hare and Billet Inn” – a section from a painting by Thomas Luny (1759-1837) held in the British Library. Click here to see the full image. And a mysterious comment spotted on a message board about a ghost in the Hare and Billet pub:
The Hare and Billet Ghost – a woman in Victorian [...]
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