On 11th May 1889 Paul Nash was born.
1917. Paul Nash [aged 27]. "No. 19 Air Flight over Wytschaete".
1918. Paul Nash [aged 28]. "Beeches in the Wind".
1918. Paul Nash [aged 28]. "The Mule Track".
1918. Paul Nash [aged 28]. "The Ypres Salient at Night".
1918. Paul Nash [aged 28]. "We Are Making a New World".
1918. Paul Nash [aged 28]. "Spring in the Trenches, Ridge Wood".
1918. Paul Nash [aged 28]. "A Howitzer Firing".
1919. Paul Nash [aged 29]. "The Menin Road".
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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1923. Paul Nash [aged 33]. "The Shore".
1925-1937. Paul Nash [aged 35]. "Winter Sea".
1933. Paul Nash [aged 43]. Black and white negative, Avebury Stone.
1933. Paul Nash [aged 43]. Black and white negative, Avebury Sentinel. "Last summer I walked in a field near Avebury where two rough monoliths stand up … miraculously patterned with black and orange lichen, remnants of the avenue of stones which led to the Great Circle. In the hedge, at hand, the white trumpet of a convolvulus turns from its spiral stem, following the sun. In my art I would solve such an equation."
1933. Paul Nash [aged 43]. Black and white negative, Stonehenge, study I.
1933. Paul Nash [aged 43]. Black and white negative, Stonehenge, study I.
1935-1936. Paul Nash [aged 45]. Black and white negative, Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].
1935-1936. Paul Nash [aged 45]. Black and white negative, Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].
1935-1936. Paul Nash [aged 45]. Black and white negative, Martyr's Gate, Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].
1935-1936. Paul Nash [aged 45]. Black and white negative, Martyr's Gate, Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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1936. Paul Nash [aged 46]. Avebury, 1936.
Around 1937. Paul Nash [aged 47]. Silbury Hill [Map].
1938. Paul Nash [aged 48]. Silbury Hill [Map].
1941. Paul Nash [aged 51]. "Battle of Britian".
Around 1942. Paul Nash [aged 52]. Maiden Castle [Map].
1942. Paul Nash [aged 52]. Black and white negative, Stones at Avebury. "The great stones were in their wild state, so to speak. Some were half covered by the grass, others stood up in cornfields or were entangled and overgrown in the copses, some were buried under the turf. But they were wonderful and disquieting, and as I saw them then, I shall always remember them."
Around 1942. Paul Nash [aged 52]. Maiden Castle [Map].
On 11th July 1946 Paul Nash [aged 57] died.