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Kings Picture House, Egremont, Wirral, England
..as they waver at the King’s picture-house, with its peeling stucco, where they are showing on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Love’s Crucifixion, with Olga Tschechowa…..
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Swansea, Wales Date Unknown
“I had the time of my life in Swansea once. I was playing football down there,” smiled Hilliot reminiscently, “and afterwards we all went round the town, well you know how it goes."
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Zamboanga, Philippines Date Unknown
……his tattooed arms (where had they been tattooed, ….Zamboanga?)
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Iloilo, Phlippines Date Unknown
..his tattooed arms (where had they been tattooed, Iloilo..?)
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Tsingtao, China Date Unknown
He was thinking of the first time he had seen Andy in the booth, where he had been talking about a girl at Tsintao (sic), on the bathing beach there.
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Kowloon, China 1927
Later, in the dock, at Kowloon it was, he had been able to show that at least he was the fastest and most skilful swimmer on board the Oedipus Tyrannus.
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The Leys School, Cambridge, England Date Unknown
He had got up when he saw two perfects coming down past the Hall, early from the Doctor’s Greek Testament class…
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Uppingham School, Rutland, England Date Unknown
Left out of the swimming team, the important match against Uppingham.
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Helsingfors, Finland Date Unknown
“we make a small wisit (sic) this trip to Helsingfors.”
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Falmouth, Cornwall, England Date Unknown
“But Falmouth left me a souvenir of my wisit (sic) , he added laughingly"
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Frognerseteren, Norway 1931
when you see a tram come along with Frognerseteren on its forehead, take it, pay 90 ore I think it is & go all the way; it will take you up a mountain which is just the best thing in the world & there’s a restaurant up there..
Letter to Jan Gabrial Summer 1933
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Frognerseteren, Norway Date Unknown
..it reminded him just how strangely of a swift in flight, then of a boomerang he had once had in Frognerseteren
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Stavanger, Norway Date Unknown
Matt told them that he had struck the new skipper, a Stravanger man, for calling him a Bergener.
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Lapis Lazuli - The Luxury Pigment
When making blue pigment or colorant, medieval copyists would save money and time by using minerals native to them. Some of these were copper carbonite - which could also provide greenish tints - and woad, a plant with extractable blue color.
Copyists typically reserved lapis lazuli, pictured above, for more luxury manuscripts. Imported from Afghanistan, the mineral produced a rich, vibrant shade of blue known today as ultramarine.
Location: Afghanistan
Usage Rights: Public domain
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HISTORY IN COLOR
Ultramarine
RGB: (18, 10, 143)Closest Pantone match: 2746 C
The name Ultramarine comes from the latin ultramarinus, meaning “beyond the sea”. During the 14th and 15th centuries, Ultramarine arrived in Europe through shipments coming from the mines of what is today Afghanistan. These mines produced the deep blue, semiprecious mineral lapis lazuli which was ground into a powder to make Ultramarine.The process was exhaustive, as it yielded only a small quantity of dye, and all but the finest stones produced a drab, washed-out color.
Due to its rare, precious origin and the costs of its production and shipment, the price of Ultramarine in Europe was exorbitant. During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance it was most often used in Christian art, tinting Mary’s robes the color of purity. As it was distributed through Italy, art using Ultramarine is rarer in the northern parts of Europe.
In 1824, the Societé d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale in France offered a prize to whomever could replicate the hues of Ultramarine through artificial means. The german chemist Christian Gmelin published his method of doing so in 1826, which led to one of the names for artificial Ultramarine being “Gmelin’s color”.
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Ultramarine fanart. Made in procreate #warhammer40k #warhammer #ultramarine #spacemarine #adeptusastartes #astartes #procreate #fanart #digitalart #art #illustration #digital #naram #naramsinha #plasmapistol
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Rain Cloud
The rainy days have influenced my painting! A spot of aquamarine for brightness seemed in order…
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Sphere I
Working with circular watercolor washes. I’ve found that the key is to wet the area first before beginning the wash.
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