The smithy at Figheldean, Salisbury Plain
Maker
Fuller, T L
Production date
Jun 1916
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Under the spreading chestnut tree. The smithy at Figheldean, Salisbury Plain which Longfellow celebrated in 'The Village Blacksmith' is written along the bottom of the photograph. The image shows a smithy shoeing a horse under a tree.
The photograph is glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary and album. He has written under the photograph: Figheldean.
Photographer, T L Fuller, Wiltshire.
Date, Leo Bestall purchased the postcard, 14 June 1916.
The photograph is glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary and album. He has written under the photograph: Figheldean.
Photographer, T L Fuller, Wiltshire.
Date, Leo Bestall purchased the postcard, 14 June 1916.
Maker
Production date
Jun 1916
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph which has been put on the front of a postcard.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 88 x 138mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Jun 1916
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19192
Other number(s)
19192, 91690
Public comments
The Smitthy is Burnard Sheppard my Great great Uncle.
- Bernard Sheppard posted one year ago.