Dick Henrywood
looks at 200
years of
collectables
commemorating
Lord Nelson and
the Battle of
Trafalgar.
'On Monday 21st
October 1805 at
around 1:15pm, a
lowly French
sailor perched
in the rigging
of the French
74-gun man o’
war Redoubtable
fired his musket
at a group of
figures on the
quarterdeck of
HMS Victory. His
shot made
history. Admiral
Viscount Lord
Nelson died from
his wound more
than three hours
later although
the battle of
Trafalgar was
won. Of the 33
French and
Spanish vessels
involved, 18
were destroyed
and an estimated
14,000 enemy
sailors were
killed. England
did not lose a
single vessel
and casualties
numbered only
1,587...'
Bulldogs, V-signs and cigars all symbolise just
one great Statesman.
Author and avid Churchilliana collector Douglas
Hall gives a brief
history of the man who’s inspired him for well
over 60 years.
'Winston
Churchill was
born in Blenheim
Palace on 30th
November 1874,
the elder son of
Lord and Lady
Randolph
Churchill and
grandson of the
7th Duke of
Marlborough. He
had, by his own
account, an
unhappy
childhood...'
‘Celebrity’ portraits are more rare and sought
after than the better known scenic works of
Thomas Stevens. Mark Cottrell of the Stevengraph
Collectors Association explains why.
'Imagine buying
a silk picture
of Tony Blair,
Margaret
Thatcher or
George Bush to
hang on your
living room
wall. Sounds
bizarre? Well,
it was a popular
option in
Victorian times
and exploited by
Thomas Stevens
who sold silk
woven portrait
pictures in
their thousands
from the mid
1880s...'
Margaret G. Powling examines
the history of portrait miniatures and
introduces Gillie Hoyte Byrom a skilled modern
day miniaturist.
'The miniature
portrait was
designed to
capture an
accurate
likeness of an
individual in
the days before
photography. By
definition,
portrait
miniatures must
be no more than
one and a half
inches from the
chin to the top
of head...'
Karyn Sparks goes Christmas shopping in the
heart of the West Country.
This issue
contains two
extensive town
guides covering
the wonderful
and picturesque
towns of
Ashburton in
Devon and Stow
On The Wold in
Gloucestershire.
