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Category Archives: art and science
The art and science of seeing seaweeds
When I was an undergraduate I collected these green and red seaweeds – algae – on a field trip to Liverpool’s former Marine Laboratory at Port Erin, Isle of Man. We were shown how to float the more delicate species … Continue reading
Posted in art and science, seaweeds
Tagged Amelia Griffiths, Anna Atkins, cyanotype, Henry Fox Talbot, Herschel, photography, William Harvey
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Floating cows and snarling dogs: William Mitchell of Maryport
There is a self-portrait of William Mitchell (1823–1900) in Maryport’s Maritime Museum [1], painted in 1899. Most of Mitchell’s other portraits are rather lacking in life, but he clearly knew himself better than his other subjects: the lower part of … Continue reading
Posted in art and science, coastal heritage, ports, ships
Tagged Collingwood, Maryport Maritime Museum
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Solway Shore-walker 