When you look at an artist's work please pause a while and consider what was in their mind.
They went to great effort to produce an inspiring image. In order to do so they too must have been inspired.
Don't just glance at a picture. Look at it and ask yourself what must it have been like in the scene …. your effort is for moments but theirs was for hour on hour, even day on day of terror. They struggled for life itself.
They went to great effort to produce an inspiring image. In order to do so they too must have been inspired.
Don't just glance at a picture. Look at it and ask yourself what must it have been like in the scene …. your effort is for moments but theirs was for hour on hour, even day on day of terror. They struggled for life itself.
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church window of St John the evangelist on Countisbury Hill.
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Written in 1860 by William Whiting, Eternal father, Strong to Save would have been a familiar and moving hymn to sea faring folk and their families, certainly true at the time of Louisa's launch from Porlock in the great storm, January 1899..
(Hymn otherwise known as 'For Those in Peril on the Sea')
(Hymn otherwise known as 'For Those in Peril on the Sea')
Whaling boat
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In 1882, more than three thousand seamen and three hundred and sixty passengers perished in
more than 1,120 shipping accidents to British vessels.
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Above , Lynmouth, Church of John the Baptist.
Where villagers would have met to pray for those lost at sea.
Sometimes it was a long wait to know if their kin were coming home.
Where villagers would have met to pray for those lost at sea.
Sometimes it was a long wait to know if their kin were coming home.
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Above, a surviving memory of the day. George Richard's watch, presented to him for his part in the daring venture that stormy night in 1899
James E Buttersworth 'Ship In A Storm'
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Unknown source for this engraving
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Jack Crocombe
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Jack Crocombe's family grave in middle cemetery Lynton
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Nicholas Leach's book Devon's Lifeboat
Nicholas Leach's book 'Devon's Lifeboat'
Lynmouth boat Henry. Unknown source.
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Jack Crocombe second left
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Lynmouth's first lifeboat, the Henry was conveyed by road and hauled behind 11 horses from Barnstaple, on 20th Jan 1869 .
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Once again grateful thanks to Gutenberg for use of images
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Unknown source
The four images below are credited to Gutenberg with grateful thanks for all the fine work they do, to enable everyone to enjoy art and history.
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Credit to Gutenberg for making the surrounding images available.
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Above - the modern built Schooner R Tucker Thompson at sea.
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The three images above are from,
'The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1
Author: William Finden
These high quality illustrations are some of the best you will ever find. A credit to the artist and a credit to Gutenberg for making them available for us all to enjoy.The skill of the artist as wonderful as the scenes he depicts.
'The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1
Author: William Finden
These high quality illustrations are some of the best you will ever find. A credit to the artist and a credit to Gutenberg for making them available for us all to enjoy.The skill of the artist as wonderful as the scenes he depicts.
Fishermen risking their lives about 1906
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