Battle Painting.
From the Hastings News of 19/04/1872
The mayor suggested that a picture of the Battle of Hastings given by the Dowager Lady Webster be lent to the V & A Museum because of storage problems. Agreed. But the News of 14 June 1872 reported that the ...
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Art School Idea
From the Hastings News of 14/06/1872
A special meeting of the East Sussex Schoolmasters Association, held in Wellington Grammar School in Castle Hill Road on 8 June, discussed the urgent need to teach children science and art, which had low priority. It was suggested that a ...
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The natural history paintings of Miss Marianne North had been put together at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and would go on display from 8 June. Miss North left Hastings in 1869, after the death of her father Frederick ...
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"Miss Marianne North, the gifted daughter of the late Frederick North, who was one of the members [MPs] for the borough for several years, died at Alderley, in Gloucestershire, on Saturday [30 August], at the age of 59. Miss North ...
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A new laboratory for the Hastings School of Science and Art opened at 42 George Street on 11 September. The two large upstairs rooms had been the Literary Institute. The funding of £200-£300 came from the Corporation, from the grant ...
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John Blomfield, the 13 year old son of the well-known local photographer of the same name, was killed by a cricket ball which struck him over the heart while playing in the Grammar School nets. John senior ran a photographers ...
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Brassey Institute
From the Hastings Observer of 20/01/1900
The Council on 19 January agreed to rearrange the Brassey Institute in Claremont because the School of Art and Science did not have enough room and were in very bad working conditions. The possible loss of grants had forced the ...
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WH Borrow’s Show
From the Hastings News of 13/04/1900
Mr WH Borrow, the well-known Hastings artist, had a show of paintings at the Continental Gallery, New Bond Street, London.
Kipling in Town
From the Hastings News of 24/08/1900
The famous novelist Rudyard Kipling had been staying in Hastings.
Arts Studio Opens
From the Hastings News of 11/01/1902
The opening of the Leighton Studio for the study of all branches of the fine arts at the Royal Concert Hall, Warrior Gardens, took place on Saturday 28 December 1901.
Art Exhibition
From the Hastings Mail of 27/09/1902
Thomas Mann, the local art dealer, had turned his 9 Priory Street Galleries into a free public exhibition. His collection was auctioned off on 26 May 1903.
Augustus Hare Dies
From the Hastings Mail of 24/01/1903
Death on 21 January of Mr Augustus JC Hare at Holmhurst, The Ridge, Baldslow, the well-known local author. Titles included The Story of Two Noble Lives and Wanderings in Spain. He was a "Conservative of Conservatives". He had lived there ...
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A Hastings artist was honoured: Edmund J Sullivan, an old pupil of the Hastings School of Art, was elected an associate of the Royal Water Colour Society on 20 February.
A Kodak exhibition was held at the Concert Hall, “to bring before the public the simplicity and cheapness to which photography has been brought during the last few years”.
There was an exhibition throughout the week of the paintings of the late WH Borrow, held at 10 Carlisle Parade. He lived for many years at Blacklands in a house overlooking Alexandra Park.
John Thomas Dies
From the Hastings Mail of 08/08/1908
Death of John Wesley Thomas, born at Ore 77 years ago. He served his apprenticeship at the Ore Windmill (burnt down a few years since) and carried on business as a miller at the Black Mill (still standing in 1908). ...
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