Just a thought at Christmas
This is not very cheery, I know, but I have a few illustrations by Honor C Appleton of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and I'm finding...
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Jill Barlow
- Nov 8
- 1 min
Bye-bye Wilko
I rather wish I hadn’t given a shout-out to Wilko when demonstrating how a print looks in a frame, as I now have loads of items to...
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Jill Barlow
- Oct 20
- 1 min
Now and then
I'm frequently quite sad when I sell a print I've been particularly keen on because I know the chances of seeing it again are remote. But...
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Jill Barlow
- Oct 13
- 1 min
The perfect Christmas present
It's never too early to get your sock presents sorted. These are from the Interwoven Stocking Company, Martinsburg, West Virginia. Mind...
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Jill Barlow
- Sep 27
- 1 min
American chic
These rare fashion studies were produced by the André Studio for American designers by Pearl Levy Alexander in 1939 and 1940. The André...
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Jill Barlow
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Fun and games with alt-text
I'm trying to get into the habit of writing descriptions of my prints, to make them more accessible. It's surprisingly hard. For example,...
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Jill Barlow
- Sep 7
- 1 min
See how nice they look!
My customers are always telling me how nice the prints look on their wall and I'm always asking them to send me a picture. Mostly they...
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Jill Barlow
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Getting the colours right
I like to do the best I can for my pictures, so I've mounted these in a subtle mixture of dove grey, silver grey, wedgwood and cream....
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Jill Barlow
- Aug 17
- 1 min
From my bathroom wall
I've got a few of these chromolithographs by Thomas Crane (brother of the more famous Walter Crane), so while they sell, they can sit on...
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Jill Barlow
- Aug 10
- 1 min
Hullo, kiddies
Is it me, or would it have been rare for a man to come home with the shopping?
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Jill Barlow
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Do you like your vintage prints pristine?
You see, I love this picture - such style. But there's no getting away from it, it has damp splodges on it. Apart from the occasional use...
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Jill Barlow
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Who wants a mustard bath?
I had a look and can't see that Colman's still does mustard specifically for the bath, but there are a number of providers that do, and...
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Jill Barlow
- Jul 13
- 1 min
Glamour in the sun
Just thought this was an appropriate pic for July - although not here in the UK, as we keep getting rained on and windblown, but in...
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Jill Barlow
- Jun 29
- 1 min
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Just mounting up some rather sweet Mabel Lucie Attwell prints from Peter Pan and Wendy by J M Barrie (retold by May Byron, for some...
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Jill Barlow
- Jun 7
- 1 min
This shouldn't happen
Having watched Springwatch for the first time last night (and very interesting it was), and seeing a gamekeeper bashing a buzzard to...
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Jill Barlow
- May 12
- 1 min
Women at war
Drawn by Joyce Dennys, these illustrations show how women stepped out of the house to help the war effort during World War 1. There are...
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Jill Barlow
- Apr 14
- 1 min
A clutch of Emetts
I love Emett. I did have more but I keep selling them. Of course, I may get more again.
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Jill Barlow
- Mar 24
- 1 min
How to get your man
Right, girls, just remember this: if we are quiet and demure, doing womanly things like knitting, we will in time entice all the men away...
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