How popular is Posher T Posh?
Now, I'd heard of Billy Bunter (of course), but I didn't know about Posher T Posh. Of course, I'm a gel and gels don't read boy's papers...
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Jill Barlow
- Jun 18
- 1 min
That's the way to do it!
Some lovely pix from one of my customers showing how effective a wall of prints can be (not all from me, I must add!). The insects are...
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Jill Barlow
- May 15
- 1 min
Compare and contrast
A 19th century hand-coloured copper engraving v a 1930s Punch cartoon. Which is more your style? (Something for everyone here)
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Jill Barlow
- Apr 24
- 1 min
What a twite!
I'm not very knowledgeable about birds, but I like the name of this one. According to Wikipedia it's a small brown bird (could have...
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Jill Barlow
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Up and down
The first escalator was installed in a London underground station in 1911
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Jill Barlow
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Lasting Beauty
I wonder who the 82 famous actresses were who used Pond's Cream. The illustration is by Joseph Greenup (1891-1946), an RA artist. Nothing...
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Jill Barlow
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Nothing new under the sun
"What do you think of my picture - an ultra-modern street scene?" "I think it old-fashioned - I see a flat to let!" Illustrated by Graham...
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Jill Barlow
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Lovely on the wall
I often ask my customers to send me a pic of what they've bought, so I can see it when it's framed up. This one looks lovely on the wall,...
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Jill Barlow
- Jan 24
- 1 min
Half-price sale
Half price sale at my stall in the Buttermarket at the Treacle Market, Macclesfield, this Sunday, 28 January. Over 100 prints with either...
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Jill Barlow
- Jan 10
- 1 min
High fashion
Just sold this hand-coloured aquatint of Lady Jane Grey and it's going to the US. I shall give my customer some info from the Court...
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Jill Barlow
- Nov 23, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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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