Clarence Bicknell and the Martagon Lily; luxurious brightness
We show three of Clarence’s images of the Martagon Lily here. Firstly in the Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book (Bicknell Collection) which he […]
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L’Homme des Merveilles – Clarence Bicknell
70 years after Clarence Bicknell’s death he was being referred to as L’Homme des Merveilles, the man who discovered the 11,000 rock […]
Aquilegia alpina in the Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book
Clarence’s artistic endeavours flourished when he could combine his creativity and botanical knowledge with his design skills. Instead of having a standard […]
Clarence’s inspiring fritillaries
In our regular postings on Facebook, occasionally here, we have featured at least three times Clarence’s watercolour designs based on the fritillary. […]
The Book of Guests in Esperanto – text published
The Book of Guests in Esperanto by Clarence Bicknell is published today in text form. We provide a transcription of the Esperanto […]
Elhanan Bicknell’s whale oil refinery in London; the site identified.
I am grateful to Mark Howard, whaling history expert who got in touch with us in 2017, for forwarding today a photo […]
David Roberts and the Royal Academy, by Ian Fraser
We are pleased to be able to publish this interesting paper by my cousin Ian Fraser. David Roberts was his great great […]
Clarence’s collection of Pliocene fossils
Luca Barale writes “I have also find out that Clarence sent a collection of Pliocene fossils collected in the Bordighera neighbourhood to […]
Clarence Bicknell posts from 2013
NEWS – Edward Berry conference, Bordighera, 1 June 2013 Just back from the conference about my great grand unce Edward Elhanan Berry […]
NEWS – Edward Berry conference, Bordighera, 1 June 2013
Written by Marcus Bicknell on 30 April 2013. Just back from the conference about my great grand unce Edward Elhanan Berry (1861-1931) […]