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Friday 30 March 2012

Alfred Edward Housman.








Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.






Wednesday 21 March 2012

Walter Crane.

Walter Crane 1845-1915 was an English artist and book illustrator he was born in Liverpool, England on 15 August 1845. He studied the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and was also a student of the artist and critic John Ruskin. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement. Here is a map of The British Empire beautifully illustrated by him.






Saturday 10 March 2012

Lyme Park.







Lyme Park the setting for Pemberley in the BBC 1995 series of Jane Austen's Pride And Predjudice.











Darcy (Colin Firth).











Jane Austen.