thesweetcheat
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 10, 2014, 17:18
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Cool. I'm sold.
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Vybik Jon
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 10, 2014, 17:36
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In which case, I must find you the link for Fuzzy Felt Avebury.
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nigelswift
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 10, 2014, 18:00
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"Where can I get a William Stukeley action figure? With interchangeable hats. "
What you really need is the "Warring archaeos with competing theories at Stonehenge" series with movable scratchy hands.
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wideford
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 10, 2014, 18:48
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used two different chain units ;-)
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Rhiannon
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 10, 2014, 19:24
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(a boringly unamusing guess) - maybe to do with the printmaking process of turning the sketch into something that could be printed in a book. I.e. it's likely the person doing the etchings wasn't the person who'd done the sketch, and so hadn't been there, and didn't know the scale. But that it would be appropriate in the style of landscape paintings of the time to pop in a few rustic locals? Making it less scientific and dry, and more Romantic and about experiencing the monument as made by our druidic ancestors?
I don't know really.
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Sanctuary
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 10, 2014, 19:30
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Rhiannon wrote: (a boringly unamusing guess) - maybe to do with the printmaking process of turning the sketch into something that could be printed in a book. I.e. it's likely the person doing the etchings wasn't the person who'd done the sketch, and so hadn't been there, and didn't know the scale. But that it would be appropriate in the style of landscape paintings of the time to pop in a few rustic locals? Making it less scientific and dry, and more Romantic and about experiencing the monument as made by our druidic ancestors?
I don't know really.
I do...they were crap artists :-)
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CARL
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 11, 2014, 19:10
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Thanks folks - I think.......................
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tomwatts
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 16, 2014, 10:29
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Surprised that nobody mentioned alcohol...
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tiompan
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 16, 2014, 10:57
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tomwatts wrote: Surprised that nobody mentioned alcohol...
Or trance or eating from one side of Alice's mushies .
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goffik
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Re: Antiquarian drawings
Oct 16, 2014, 12:11
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I felt fuzzy in Avebury once.
Or was it twice?
G x
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