Richard Whitford was born in Evesham, Worcester in about 1821. After initially training as an excise officer and being posted to Manchester, he was sacked for embezzlement and returned to Evesham.
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The shortening winter’s day is near a close (1903) by Joseph Farquharson RA (1846 – 1935)
No other artist has yet managed to capture the spirit and beauty of a rural British winter as evocatively as Joseph Farquharson.
This work is arguably one of the finest depictions of a wintry landscape in the world. It has grown to become one of the most popular Christmas card designs in history. Its creator Joseph Farquharson was a master of using sunlight at dusk or dawn to convey a certain mood. In doing this here he was able to produce beauty and majesty from an everyday farming scene. (more…)
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