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The engraving of John Hodgson

Art   Exhibitions   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on October 15, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

H. F. S. Mackreth produced the miniature of John Hodgson for inclusion in Hodgson’s work ‘The History of Northumberland’. This meant an engraving had to be produced from it so that multiple copies could be made for the books. An… Read more

The Mackreths and Thunder Thursday 1837-style

Art   Exhibitions   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on October 9, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

The artist Harriet Mackreth lived with her family at 3 High Swinburne Place in Newcastle, just off Westgate Road. The house held her parents, her two older sisters and her brother, while the 1841 census also mentions two female servants… Read more

H. F. S. Mackreth

Art   Exhibitions   Local History   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on September 19, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

Whilst I was researching the picture of John Hodgson for the Wall Face exhibition (on display at Segedunum Roman Fort) I was interested to find out that the painter of the original portrait used as the base for the published engraving,… Read more