Matlock
Bath: The Heights of Abraham, from the Derwent, 1904 |
Matlock Bath : Twentieth Century Photographs,
Postcards, Engravings & Etchings |
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"The Heights of Abraham, from the Derwent" is another
painting from the palette of the local artist Henry
Hadfield Cubley, who lived in the village for more than 20 years
at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. The artist
is looking upstream towards the hillside of the Heights of Abraham.
His own home was a little below the Heights. Whilst the human interest
mainly centres on the figures in the rowing boat, Cubley has also
managed to include the ferryman close to the left hand bank of the
Derwent. It may be a trick of the eye, but the web mistress believes
the artist has sketched in the line of the ferry rope.
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"The Heights of Abraham, from the Derwent" published by Raphael
Tuck & Sons "Oilette" [Regd.]
Postcard 1680 Art Publishers to their Majesties the King and Queen "Picturesque
Derbyshire"
Posted on Aug 20 1904 at Matlock Bath and sent to Miss Brunley, Folkestone
with the message "A lovely day here today"
The postcard had the usual side bar for the card's title and message
that was part of all postcards produced in the first decade of the
twentieth century but has been omitted to present a slightly larger
image.
Postcard in the collection of, provided by and © Ann Andrews
Intended for personal use only.
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