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The Quantock Hills, Somerset by Edward John William North, ARA, RWS (1842-1924) (559 words) |
 | North was a landscape painter in water colour and occasionally oil, and, in addition, the finest landscapist amongst the illustrators of the 1860s. |
| John William North on my return from a visit to his painting-grounds in that loveliest region of England which lies between the Quantock Hills and the Severn sea; undulating country that slopes from uplands of pasture and furze common down through orchards and crops to fall into wooded valleys where wind the sweetest fern-fringed streams. |
| North told me that his "oil" technique was an endeavour to get as near as possible to the effect of water colour which he considered a less encumbered means of expression. |
| WILLIAM TATE HISTORY (1231 words) |
| William and Addie took Wilbur in, fed him, and gave him a place to stay amongst their five children. |
| William wrote: mental attitude of the natives toward the Wrights was that they were a simple pair of harmless cranks that were wasting their time at a fool attempt to do something that was impossible. |
| William Tate was asked to verify the spot of the first flight so a monument could be erected. |
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