OPENING THE GATES TO THE PAST

[Maureen K Clifford]

This might be of interest - it is something that has come together rather nicely and I am very happy about it - the photo - now inspired to go and write another ancestral poem


http://pool.abc.net.au/media/opening-doors-past

Cheers

Maureen

[Terry]

That's great Maureen, I love the poem.

Terry

[Heather]

I love the poem Maureen. Very nice...

Heather

[Maureen K Clifford]

Thanks Terry and Heather - it is a lovely poem isn't it? wish I had written it.

Got stuck into this genealogy thing over Christmas. My family tree has grown to gigantic proportions - might have to call in the tree loppers

[Neville Briggs]

Do you know Maureen, if Sir Luke Fildes ever did a painting depicting a young girl at what seems to be a birthday party outdoors.
A friend of mine has a print of this painting and we cannot identify the artist. Not much information and I haven't got a copy of the picture, I just wondered if that brief description reminded you of anything. The style is very similar to your ancestor's work.

[Maureen K Clifford]

Neville - could it be a Frederick Morgan painting perhaps? He did a charming painting called His First Birthday with a little girl prominent in the foreground in a pink dress. These sites are very good when searching for early Victorian Artists.

http://goldenagepaintings.blogspot.com/ ... organ.html

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/fi ... ngs/4.html

http://www.netdale.com/netoffers/imagek ... =Victorian



It doesn't ring any bells with me and my mob as they seemed to paint more serious subjects from what I have seen

[Neville Briggs]

Thanks Maureen, I'll check those out.