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Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book – transcript completed

The Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book has proved to be a useful research tool. Since the list of Clarence Bicknell’s guests in his mountain home were transcribed by Marcus Bicknell in 2005 onto an Excel spreadsheet, several researchers have found by Googling a mention of someone they were researching. This has enabled them to spread their […]

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Clarence’s childhood home, and what happened to the house

I am delighted to see that Sharon O’Connor of the Dulwich Society www.dulwichsociety.com published back in 2020 a good essay on Elhanan Bicknell’s house at Herne Hill. This is the mansion full of art where Clarence Bicknell grew up, learning to paint and draw from his mother Lucinda. Sharon’s paper is a very good essay

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Elhanan Bicknell, Clarence’s father, live in London

We have just spent a pleasurable and stimulating day in London town presenting to the Kensington and Chelsea Over-50s Forum; beautifully run and in close harmony with the borough council. The event was in the presentation room of the Holy Trinity Church Sloane Square and I presented alongside Turner expert Selby Wittingham. One of the

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Clarence Bicknell – a video invitation

Clarence Bicknell – a video invitation to you from Marcus Bicknell to join the Clarence Bicknell Association – aimed primarily at Bicknells and the wider family in the USA, Europe and worldwide. Yes please, we would love your modest support, and it would be a pleasure to count you among our number. Marcus Bicknell invites

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Lychnis flos-jovis in The Children’s Picture Book of Flowers,

Number 61 in our series of images by Clarence Bicknell. The Children’s Picture Book of Flowers, an album of water colours by Clarence Bicknell. Sempervivum and other red flowers. Flowers are arranged by colour or type but the botanical texts are far from childlike. https://bit.ly/3gKq8fk Clarence’s albums are carefully designed and colour coordinated. The Children’s

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The Journal de Bordighera (1883–1935) as a source for the study of the local climate

Tourists and meteorologists in the Italian Riviera: The Journal de Bordighera (1883–1935) as a source for the study of the local climate. I fell upon this interesting scientific article at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305748821000086 The Italian Riviera was, from the second half of the nineteenth century to the Second World War, one of the most famous, elitist, climatic,

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Projection du film “Les Merveilles de Clarence Bicknell”

Message de notre amie Anne-Sophie Rousselot… Nous avons bien projeté le film LES MERVEILLES DE CLARENCE BICKNELL de Rémy Masséglia le dimanche 4 décembre dans notre cinéma.. Cette séance a été organisée en prolongement du 1er Salon du livre “Livres aux jardins” de Nice et dans le cadre du Cycle BIODIVERCINÉ, en partenariat avec la

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Jo Koster – Dutch artist in Bordighera 1899-1900

Today I received an interesting email from Francisca van Vloten, Head Curator & Advisor to the Museum Domburg in the Netherlands, asking whether Clarence knew Jo Koster, the Dutch artist, who stayed in Bordighera from December 1899 to March 1900 in the Villa Constantia and the Pension du Paradis. If you know anything about this

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La Gastolibro de Clarence Bicknell en Esperanto

Eldonita en julio 2022 kaj nun havebla, tutmonde, de Amazon, aŭ en certaj librovendejoj kaj ankaŭ de www.clarencebicknell.com/shop se vi loĝas en Britio. The Book of Guests in Esperanto estas majstroverko de sindediĉo kaj talento de la stilo arts-and-crafts en akvareloj de talenta kaj distra multesciulo de la malfrua 19-a jarcento. Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) konstruis

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