tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post2537412065223071844..comments2024-03-23T12:31:38.129+01:00Comments on The Linosaurus: Janet S.C. SimpsonGerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-1267098781423026172020-07-10T14:04:35.687+02:002020-07-10T14:04:35.687+02:00Hi :
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(se...Hi :<br />just email me: gerbrandcaspers@cloud.com <br />(see also CONTACT above.Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-50480254112511332932020-07-10T14:03:39.558+02:002020-07-10T14:03:39.558+02:00Hi !
just email me: gerbrandcaspers@cloud.com
(se...Hi !<br />just email me: gerbrandcaspers@cloud.com <br />(see also CONTACT above. Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-44494370256906476122020-07-10T13:31:29.891+02:002020-07-10T13:31:29.891+02:00Hi Gerrie
I grew up in Brenchley -attending the M...Hi Gerrie<br /><br />I grew up in Brenchley -attending the Methodist Chapel at 'Hilltop'. My parents had two original watercolours by Janet Simpson one of which I inherited. It is of the road up to Hilltop. My brother has another which is if the Old Forge at the end of the High Street. Came across your blog while looking for more info which is very limited as you suggest. I would attach a photo if I knew how!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02456637513695929666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-72164243350082741352016-02-19T09:02:01.984+01:002016-02-19T09:02:01.984+01:00Thank you Pam !
Thank you Pam !<br />Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-18930288527077797942016-02-18T23:02:37.490+01:002016-02-18T23:02:37.490+01:00Hi.I knew Janet when I was a child as my parents h...Hi.I knew Janet when I was a child as my parents had lodged with her at Crook Cottage, Castle Hill, near Brenchley when they were first married in the early 1950s. She was a very old lady by the time I knew her, dying in the late 1960s. I have a water colour work she left me, also several signed etchings. Pam Hardy nee Stanfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-48121798592903369782011-09-23T07:47:12.686+02:002011-09-23T07:47:12.686+02:00Bob, it's always nice receiving comments and f...Bob, it's always nice receiving comments and feedback. And it's a great personal story, shining some light on Janet's otherwise somewhat obscured artists life. If you could please send me some photographs of the work you have and the postcards to share on the Blog. If you are interested in my small framed litho at friendly small price let me know too. Hearing your story It is better at place with you then it fits my personal collection of prints. You'll find my email in the contact button above.Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-15247783776208252992011-09-23T00:05:39.928+02:002011-09-23T00:05:39.928+02:00Gerrie, this must be a lucky week for you!
In the ...Gerrie, this must be a lucky week for you!<br />In the 1960s, as a schoolboy working on Saturdays, I delivered bread to Janet in the village of Brenchley, Kent. As I recall, she was a little silver haired lady and one of the few customers that would occasionally offer me a cup of tea in exchange for a chat. At Easter and Christmas she would give me a ten shilling note for myself (a tidy sum in those days). In 1964 she gave me a printed Christmas card (which she signed) of one of her works - being of three angels looking over the cot of a sleeping child. When I finally stopped being her "baker's boy" - I believe two years later, she gave me eight post cards of her work and most generously, an etching of the Bridge at Berwick upon Tweed, which she signed in pencil for me. Recently I have had it framed and it hangs above my desk at home.<br />Bob.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-78754854869082110122011-09-19T07:27:05.246+02:002011-09-19T07:27:05.246+02:00Anthony, thank you for stopping bye and leaving a ...Anthony, thank you for stopping bye and leaving a comment. It's great to hear that even after over a year some one finds Janet on my humble Blog. Before I try finding (or ordering) this book could you possibly send me a copy of the page, or good photograph of the illustration please?Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706607912742642133.post-62621426309766251002011-09-19T02:51:13.524+02:002011-09-19T02:51:13.524+02:00You can find a print of Janet in the book,Treasury...You can find a print of Janet in the book,Treasury of Art Nouveau Design & Ornament: A Pictorial Archive of 577 Illustrations, selected by Carol Belanger Grafton. Janet's illustration is on page 79 (image 245). This is a great book, it has illustrations from 1894-1920<br /><br />The ISBN is 0-486-24001-0, it was printed by Dover Publications.<br /><br />I hope this helps,<br /><br />AnthonyAnthonyhttp://www.camratic.comnoreply@blogger.com