An old etching? or pen and ink sketch?
An A H Findlay print of King Richard's Bridge in Leicester near the spot where the body 0f Richard III was allegedly thrown into the river after the battle of Bosworth. Tradition also has it that the monks at Greyfriars, nearby, rescued the body and buried it secretly.Richard was much maligned by Shakespeare (writing for a Tudor king) - he didn't have a hump back and had actually nothing to gain by murdering the princes in the tower as his regentship would end with their deaths. Henry Tudor (the victor) did stand to gain and of course victors write the history don't they?
My mother has been having a sort out and found an envelope with quite a few prints of Leicester scenes by A H Findlay. and was going to throw them out - so I rescued them! I can't find any information online on the artist.
I've put a slide show of some of the waterways project work on our group watermarks blog if anyone would like to take a look. I've put the aerial views in alongside the sketches so that you can see the context.
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I'm loving the Waterways project to date, looking forward to enjoying the slideshow at leisure in the morning.
I have to get out and get some more work done on the waterways project - Spring is coming though with nice light and fresh leaves :>)
Thanks Harry - it's nice to have some further information
Hi Teresa :>) When I look at pen and ink I wonder why I don't do more - though my style would be nothing like this of course!
1] the signature on the image seems to say 'Findley'. Googling for that throws up Albert Henry Findley, who did lots of watercolours and drawings of English cathedral towns, and a nice watercolour of Amiens looking pretty much as it does today.
2] the double-span version of West Bridge was built in 1891, so the work must be subsequent to that.
DJ
Hi AH Findley was my great grandfather he died when i was only 3 years old. (1880 - 1975). he lived in leicester all his life and painted right up untill his sight failed and he could only see a blur....My mother and I try to collect as many of his scetches as possible to try and keep them in the family.. It work was incredibly detailed and precise, he once appied to the royal accademy but his work was dismissed as being to photographic!!! idiots... he painted many many sceans of leicester its self , but my favourites are his view of the blue bell woods and some increadibly rair sea scapes
she's asked me to delete the comment as she had included her email address and was getting a lot of spam - so I'm keeping her comment, which was interesting