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MARVELS: The Life of Clarence Bicknell, Botanist, Archaeologist, Artist. By Valerie Lester.
A treasure trove of research discoveries enlightens Valerie Lester’s biography of the captivating scientist and artist, Clarence Bicknell. Over 5 years, Lester pored over hundreds of newly-discovered letters, botanical watercolours and arts-and-crafts designs in archives including the Natural History Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the Conservatoire Botanique in Geneva and Genoa University. Every letter and diary entry provided Lester with Clarence’s voice; and each of his vellum-bound albums revealed drawings, watercolours and whimsical creations. The biography’s text, supported by more than 200 images, gives remarkable insights into how and why this man strove for perfection in each subject he tackled.
Clarence was a product of the late-Victorian Enlightenment, of the desire to understand our world and the quest to express it all creatively. Having lived for forty years in Bordighera on the Italian coast and spent summers at Casterino by the Vallée des Merveilles, now in France, he is a respected historical figure on both the French and Italian sides of the Riviera and the Maritime Alps. The irrepressible former clergyman dedicated himself first to botany, then archaeology in the high mountains and, towards the end of his life, to botanical art tinged with the whimsy of humour, narrative, affection for his friends and arts-and-crafts originality.
Valerie Lester was an independent scholar, writer, and translator living near Boston. She wrote Fasten Your Seat Belts! History and Heroism in the Pan Am Cabin (1995) and Phiz, The Man Who Drew Dickens (2004) and a biography of the great Italian typographer: Giambattista Bodoni: His Life and His World. She translated Alain-Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes with the title: The Magnificent Meaulnes (2009).
Published by Matador Books on 28 June 2018. Distributor: Orca Book Services. Tel: 01235 465521. Email: Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.Thema subject category : AGNB – Botanical art. Hardback 260 x 185 mm 256 pp Portrait. 212 images, full colour throughout. ISBN 9781789014945. Matador is an imprint of Troubador Books, Tel: 0116 279 2299, Email: Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.www.troubador.co.uk, in cooperation with the estate of Clarence Bicknell and the Clarence Bicknell Association www.clarencebicknell.comQuesto indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
The team of researchers is thanked by Valerie Lester thus... "I owe my deepest debt to the team which helped me put this book together. We are six: Marcus Bicknell, the driving force; Susie Bicknell, researcher, specialising in Clarence’s art; Graham Avery, mountain walker, botanist, writer and researcher; Helen Blanc-Francard, landscape designer, writer, picture researcher; Christopher Chippindale, archaeologist, author and Clarence specialist; and myself, the principal writer. Biography is usually a lonely profession, but being a part of this team took care of that. Its members offered me encouragement when my spirits flagged and new material when I got stuck. I cannot imagine working with a kinder, more competent, more supportive group of people. The extraordinary work done by the book's editor, designer and production director, Sally Salvesen, along with maps by Martin Brown, the family tree by Gwyneth Hibbert and the index by Nick Humez, make the finished article a volume of which we can all be proud."
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MARVELS: The Life of Clarence Bicknell, Botanist, Archaeologist, Artist. Book by Valerie Lester.
A treasure trove of research discoveries enlightens Valerie Lester’s biography of the captivating scientist and artist, Clarence Bicknell. Hardback 26x18.5cm 256 pages portrait. 212 images, full colour throughout. ISBN 9781789014945. Published 2018.
The Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book - book by Clarence Bicknell, art reproduction
Visitors' signatures left, botanical drawings by Clarence, right. Hardback 52 pages portrait 26.5x34cm with embossed cover in simulated-leather card, full colour throughout. Botanical drawings in colour on every opening. ISBN 978-1-7880-3796-9. Published in 2017 by the Clarence Bicknell Association and Troubador
Pado al Paradizo. Clarence Bicknell kaj la Valo de la Mirindaĵoj. Book by Christopher Chippindale.
Softback, 80 pages16x22cm, ISBN 978 88 96582 220. Published in 2018 by the Itala Esperanto-Federacio for the Musée des Merveilles, Tende. Translation into Esperanto of A High Way to Heaven. Clarence Bicknell and the "Vallee des Merveilles" by Christopher Chippindale, published by the Musée des Merveilles in Tende in 1998.
Greetings Cards produced by the Fitzwilliam Museum
One of Clarence Bicknell's symmetrical designs on the front and a blank interior for writing your message.16x16cm. 1 card per package, envelope included and shrink-wrapped. Choice of 12 designs. SFM136 thru 147
One of Clarence Bicknell's symmetrical designs, the daffodil, on the front and greetings inside Wishing you a Happy Easter.16x16cm. 1 card per package, envelope included and shrink-wrapped. SKU EA02
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Snowdrops or Christmas Rose design by Clarence Bicknell. Pack of ten cards with envelopes, card size 14x14cm. Greetings inside: "Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year". See the Snowdrops cardSee the Christmas Rose card
10 small cards 10x10cm in three options. a) 2 each of 5 symmetrical flower designs packaged in a wallet, £5, b) 5 each of 2 designs for Christmas, £5, and c) 10 cards the same (Snowbells) also for Christmas, £4. Envelopes included.
The Fitzwilliam Museum 2019 Calendar by Clarence Bicknell
Each month's opening has a full size symmetrical floral design by Clarence Bicknell. 30x30cm, hole-pinched for wall hanging. This item is a great celebration of his centenary and makes a great gift.
Post cards for the film The Marvels of Clarence Bicknell
10 different postcards were made for the launch of the film The Marvels of Clarence Bicknell in 2016. Contact us at Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. if you would like to buy less than the full set of 10. Get one set free of charge with any order for Marvels or the Casa Fontanalba Visitors' Book.
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