Abandoned Communities ..... Paintings
Paintings displayed in this section show towns, villages, and farming communities before and after they were abandoned.
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J M W Turner, Dunwich
Painted c. 1830. Note that Turner has rotated All Saints Church 180 degrees, so that the tower appears to hang over the cliff - compare the scene with the photograph at the top of my home page.
J Constable, Old Sarum
Oil on canvas, painted in 1829. The painting is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
J Constable, Old Sarum
Watercolour, painted in 1834.
W Lidstone, Hallsands
Painted in 1869. In those days the fishermen shared the beach with women knitting. The picture can be seen at the Cookworthy Museum, Kingsbridge, Devon.
James Clarke Hook, Hallsands
Painted about 1854, over forty years before the dredging began. The painting is in the Orchar Art Gallery, Dundee
James Dickson Innes, Tryweryn Valley
Probably painted in 1911, when James Dickson Innes visited North Wales with Augustus John. The painting is kept at Parc Howard Museum, Llanelli, but is not always on public display.
