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A touch of the green

A touch of the green

Here's a little collection of works in our collection by or of people from Ireland

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Loads of bulls

Loads of bulls

Looking out of the library window at the Kings Manor here in York I can see a bronze calf.

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Lincoln

Lincoln

To the fine city of Lincoln to see what has become of the High Bridge since Eleanor Hughes drew it in 1905.

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Mirror image

Mirror image

While in Rome, I thought I'd take a look at the original, by Carlo Saraceni, of this work from our collection...

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No place like Rome

No place like Rome

And so to Rome to see, among other things, the grave of Joseph Severn.

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Gorgeous

Gorgeous

A visit to the main public art gallery in Sheffield, England. and the first thing you see is the Rakaia Gorge.

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Caen stone

Caen stone

Another remodelled church today, but with a very different story.

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Naughty boys

Naughty boys

Visiting places depicted in the works in the Gallery's collection can be very rewarding, but on this occasion the reality thoroughly undid the artist's efforts.

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Supermarket of art

Supermarket of art

The new branch of the Louvre opened in December 2012 in the depressed, and I'm sorry to say depressing, former mining town of Lens in northern France. Tate Liverpool, Guggenheim Bilbao, and now Louvre Lens: industrial towns all in chronic decline given new life by art.

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Beeford

Beeford

An undated Victorian engraving and a modern photograph.

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