Roofe Tyndale, Walter Frederick

Sherborne, Wareham and Bere Regis, the real places behind Thomas Hardy's Wessex, appear in these prints by Walter Frederick ...

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Sherborne, Wareham and Bere Regis, the real places behind Thomas Hardy's Wessex, appear in these prints by Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale (1855–1943), the British watercolourist and illustrator usually known as Walter Tyndale. His published views, dated 1906–1925, range from Dorset and neighbouring English districts to Egypt, Italy and the Adriatic coast. The Wessex subjects link actual buildings and countryside, around Dorchester and beyond, with the names and settings of the novels. In Egypt he painted Nile villages, bazaars and ancient sites, and his Mediterranean views show streets, churches and monasteries.

Sherborne, Wareham and Bere Regis, the real places behind Thomas Hardy's Wessex, appear in these prints by Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale (1855–1943), the British watercolourist and illustrator usually known as Walter Tyndale. His published views, dated 1906–1925, range from Dorset and neighbouring English districts to Egypt, Italy and the Adriatic coast. The Wessex subjects link actual buildings and countryside, around Dorchester and beyond, with the names and settings of the novels. In Egypt he painted Nile villages, bazaars and ancient sites, and his Mediterranean views show streets, churches and monasteries.

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