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Jill Barlow
4 days ago1 min read
Watch out!
I photographed these quickly a while ago for a customer to my stall at the Treacle Market, who collects watch memorabilia. They went the...
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Jill Barlow
Jan 81 min read
Hickling Broad
My shop in Hickling, Norfolk I'm just working on some nice bird pictures by Roland Green and I noticed that he lived in Hickling,...
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Jill Barlow
Nov 29, 20241 min read
In case you think I'm a fly-by-night ...
This is me in the 1980s selling prints at Worstead Festival.
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Jill Barlow
Jul 27, 20241 min read
How popular is Posher T Posh?
Now, I'd heard of Billy Bunter (of course), but I didn't know about Posher T Posh. Of course, I'm a gel and gels don't read boy's papers...
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Jill Barlow
Jun 18, 20241 min read
That's the way to do it!
Some lovely pix from one of my customers showing how effective a wall of prints can be (not all from me, I must add!). The insects are...
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Jill Barlow
May 15, 20241 min read
Compare and contrast
A 19th century hand-coloured copper engraving v a 1930s Punch cartoon. Which is more your style? (Something for everyone here)
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Jill Barlow
Apr 24, 20241 min read
What a twite!
I'm not very knowledgeable about birds, but I like the name of this one. According to Wikipedia it's a small brown bird (could have...
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Jill Barlow
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Up and down
The first escalator was installed in a London underground station in 1911
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Jill Barlow
Mar 7, 20241 min read
Lasting Beauty
I wonder who the 82 famous actresses were who used Pond's Cream. The illustration is by Joseph Greenup (1891-1946), an RA artist. Nothing...
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Jill Barlow
Feb 15, 20241 min read
Nothing new under the sun
"What do you think of my picture - an ultra-modern street scene?" "I think it old-fashioned - I see a flat to let!" Illustrated by Graham...
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Jill Barlow
Feb 10, 20241 min read
Lovely on the wall
I often ask my customers to send me a pic of what they've bought, so I can see it when it's framed up. This one looks lovely on the wall,...
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Jill Barlow
Jan 24, 20241 min read
Half-price sale
Half price sale at my stall in the Buttermarket at the Treacle Market, Macclesfield, this Sunday, 28 January. Over 100 prints with either...
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Jill Barlow
Jan 10, 20241 min read
High fashion
Just sold this hand-coloured aquatint of Lady Jane Grey and it's going to the US. I shall give my customer some info from the Court...
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Jill Barlow
Nov 23, 20231 min read
Just a thought at Christmas
This is not very cheery, I know, but I have a few illustrations by Honor C Appleton of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and I'm finding...
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Jill Barlow
Nov 8, 20231 min read
Bye-bye Wilko
I rather wish I hadn’t given a shout-out to Wilko when demonstrating how a print looks in a frame, as I now have loads of items to...
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Jill Barlow
Oct 20, 20231 min read
Now and then
I'm frequently quite sad when I sell a print I've been particularly keen on because I know the chances of seeing it again are remote. But...
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Jill Barlow
Oct 13, 20231 min read
The perfect Christmas present
It's never too early to get your sock presents sorted. These are from the Interwoven Stocking Company, Martinsburg, West Virginia. Mind...
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Jill Barlow
Sep 27, 20231 min read
American chic
These rare fashion studies were produced by the André Studio for American designers by Pearl Levy Alexander in 1939 and 1940. The André...
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Jill Barlow
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Fun and games with alt-text
I'm trying to get into the habit of writing descriptions of my prints, to make them more accessible. It's surprisingly hard. For example,...
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