Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
Book Description
The Jersey Bulletin and Dairy World
Author: George Heriot
Author: Gerald FinleyPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487596936
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
George Heriot (1759-1839), a Scot, is best known as a skilled landscape watercolourist and as the contentious deputy postmaster general of British North America from 1800 to 1816. He was also a travel writer (his Travels through the Canadas was published in 1807) and a poet. In this volume, a combination of biography and art history, Gerald Finley presents, for the first time, a rounded picture of Heriot, revealing his motives and ideals while also illuminating the texture of life in Canada during the early years of settlement. In describing Heriot's several roles as artist, administrator, patriot, spy, Finley presents a portrait of an eighteenth-century gentleman whose superficial desires were for an active public life but whose deeper yearnings were for a life of contemplation. As a member of the gentry it was natural that Heriot found his way into public service, for which he was suited both by education and by upbringing. Nevertheless, his public career did not always run smoothly and it ended in frustration and sadness. However, through his writing and especially his art Heriot found welcome relief from the tensions of his public duties. Indeed, Heriot's chief importance lies in his art. Trained as a topographical artist, he was an important exponent of the picturesque landscape. As a mode of vision the Picturesque furnished him with a special way of looking at recording the Canadian scene – to him Canada possessed the qualities of Arcadia. This viewpoint served both as aesthetic consolation and as stimulus to inspiration. This volume serves to recognize Heriot's artistic achievement and to accord him the place he deserves in the history of Canadian art and of the country itself.
The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine
Author: The Channel Islands
Author: Edith Frances CareyPublisher: Cambridge Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Channel Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey
Author: Warwick RodwellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780953885893
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
For over eight centuries the castle of Mont Orgueil has dominated the east coast of Jersey and threatened the nearby coast of Normandy. This work examines the development of the castle in the light of archaeological investigations.
The Channel Islands
Author: Joseph Ernest MorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Channel Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Unifruitco
Author: The Graphic
Author: Bulletin annuel
Author: Société jersiaisePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Essai de bibliographie jersiaise. Catalogue d'auteurs qui ont écrit sur Jersey. Par Eugène Duprey": v. 4, p. [151]-192.
The Channel Islands
Author: David Thomas AnstedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Channel Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description