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The Ringers of Launcells Tower, Frederick Smallfield (1829-1915)

Oil on canvas, English School, 1887. This painting was inspired by the poem The Ringers of Launcells Tower by Rev. R.S. Hawker of Morwenstow in his book Cornish Ballads and Other Poems'. In this poem, the bell ringers who rang at the accession of George III in 1760 were still alive to ring at his golden jubilee in 1810. The church of Launcells is midway between Stratton and Bude. The picture was painted 77 years after George III's golden jubilee and so is a total reconstruction. There is, therefore, no possibility that the figures are actual portraits of the 1810 ringers. Nevertheless, Smallfield had visited the church tower before he started the painting but made certain alterations to the layout for artistic reasons. He also studied the bell ringers at his local church in Willesden, north west London, to get the action and the angle of the ropes correct. A watercolour version of this painting was exhibited at the Watercolour Society in 1878. Frederick Smallfield studied at the Royal Academy and subsequently exhibited there several times. He lived for most of his life in London and at Lee-on-Solent in Hampshire

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Champion Lady Steer Roper

Lucille Mulhall - the Champion Lady Steer Roper of the World at the Winnipeg Stampede of 1913. She only took 33 4/5 seconds to rope this unfortunate bull!

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10410300

1913, Bull, Canada, Canadian, Competition, Crowd, Ground, Handling, Historical, History, Huge, Lady, Local, Lucille, Mulhall, Raised, Rode O, Rope, Roper, Rural, Show, Sport, Stampede, Steer, Victory, Winnipeg

Children playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Children playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland -- some are swinging on ropes round a lamppost, while others are riding in a go-cart. Date: 1969

© Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON

1960s, 1969, 60s, Belfast, Boy, Boys, Child, Childhood, Children, Girl, Girls, House, Houses, Ireland, Irish, Lamp, Lamppost, Light, Northern, Pavement, Playing, Post, Road, Rope, Ropes, Sixties, Street, Streets, Swing, Terrace, Terraced