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19th_century.
This chapel is quite extraordinary. It's got a touch of every influence you expect from the artistic imagination of Victorian England: Pre-raphaelite, Celtic, Egyptian and Indian all created by Mrs Watts, herself a curiously true-to-form Gaskellian archetype: a hardworking lady philanthropist/devoted wife/social liberal reformer/spiritualist determined to express herself through her visions and help the poor away from 'the gin palaces of Guildford' at the same time.
The Watts Chapel link is rich in info but poor on pictures, which is why, fascinating though it is, it's the last link I have added. Whenthe_lore introduced me to the chapel I had no camera so I apologise for relying on other people's images.
( Watts Chapel outside, inside and web page )
Still not writing what I want to write. That may have to wait till night time. Must try not to fall asleep.
19th_century.This chapel is quite extraordinary. It's got a touch of every influence you expect from the artistic imagination of Victorian England: Pre-raphaelite, Celtic, Egyptian and Indian all created by Mrs Watts, herself a curiously true-to-form Gaskellian archetype: a hardworking lady philanthropist/devoted wife/social liberal reformer/spiritualist determined to express herself through her visions and help the poor away from 'the gin palaces of Guildford' at the same time.
The Watts Chapel link is rich in info but poor on pictures, which is why, fascinating though it is, it's the last link I have added. When
the_lore introduced me to the chapel I had no camera so I apologise for relying on other people's images. ( Watts Chapel outside, inside and web page )
Still not writing what I want to write. That may have to wait till night time. Must try not to fall asleep.
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