“South Porch & Tower, Hitchin Church” by Alice Mary Lucas – St Mary’s Church, Hitchin, Herts, UK
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N 51° 56.866 W 000° 16.649
30U E 687102 N 5758730
A painting of the South porch and tower of St Mary’s church, taken from the churchyard.
Waymark Code: WMMMY4
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/12/2014
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The following is a description of Alice Mary Lucas’s
work, taken from the NHDC web site
“Alice Mary Lucas was born in
Hitchin in 1840, and died in the same bed 94 years later.
She only took up watercolour painting
in her 60s, but rapidly established a very simple style of plain, clean washes
of colour, with the drawing of the scene dropped in on top in sepia ink.
These sketches became popular, and
some particular scenes were very popular indeed, existing in several similar
forms. All are drawn on a heavy, cartridge paper with a loose wash of
watercolour, with the underlying forms defined by pencil or sepia ink.”
The watercolour painting, dating to approximately 1913, is in the collection
of Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery.