Four More Chapters

This afternoon I posted https://derrickjknight.com/2022/04/12/a-knights-tale-125-reaching-nottingham/

Later, after reading four more chapters of ‘Bleak House’, I scanned another set of Charles Keeping’s inimitable illustrations.

‘Mrs Bagnet proposes a departure’ contains three of the artist’s portraits.

‘Clattering over the stones at a dangerous pace’ presents Mr Keeping’s sense of movement;

his mastery of perspective is demonstrated by ‘We stopped at the corner of a little slimy turning’

One of the portraits in ‘ ‘Who will tell him?’ ‘ will be recognised from the first of this quartet of pictures.

Jackie produced her trademark chicken and vegetable stewp for our dinner this evening. None of us imbibed.

32 comments

  1. Yes, the illustrations are magnificent! I especially enjoyed “Clattering over the stones at a dangerous pace” because Keeping managed to capture the motion and speed on paper! Amazing talent!

  2. I like the featured illustration with the horses as silent observers knowing they don’t want to go any further into the slime.

  3. I thorough agree with your comments about your second scan today … “Clattering over the stones at a dangerous pace” presents Mr Keeping’s sense of movement; well done Derrick .

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