Watercolors of ruined churches in a Britain that isn’t there anymore. Thomas Girtin, watercolorist. Did etchings too. Living from 1775 to 1802 he was a friend of the slightly more well known J. M. W. Turner.

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"Interior of Lindisfarne Priory." 1797.
“Interior of Lindisfarne Priory.” 1797. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T.homas_Girtin_Interior_of_Lindisfarne_Priory_1797.jpg
"Melrose Abbey on the Tweed." 18th c.
“Melrose Abbey on the Tweed.” 18th c. © The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Fair use license. via http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=123058
"Guisborough Priory." 1801.
“Guisborough Priory.” 1801. Image © National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. Photo credit: Antonia Reeve. Fair use license. via https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/18702/guisborough-priory

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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