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LONDON ADVENTURENORTH ACTON AREA
8TH FLOOR EBBETT COURTFLAT 115, VICTORIA ROAD,
LONDON, UK. W3 6BXDAILY DATA REPORT
(VOLUME 2015, EDITION - AUGUST)DATA FOR: PART A
Monday, AUGUST 10, 2015TO
Tuesday, AUGUST 11, 2015Monday, 10th
AIRBNB HOST STANLEY CHIMFLAT 115, 8TH FLOOR EBBETT COURT
VICTORIA ROAD, LONDON, UK. W3 6BX8888888888888888
DAY 120 OF LONDON ADVENTURE8888888888888888
August 10, 2015We on the tube at 10:50 toward Oxford Circus where we will get tube week tickets on Oyster card and then catch Victoria line to
Pimlico station with intention of going to THE TATE BRITAIN ART MUSEUM for a day’s tour.
THIS IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WE HAVE BEEN TO THAT YOU WILL SEE THINGS LIKE THIS. NOTE THERE IS NO GRAFFITI. NOTE THE
FLOORS ARE CLEAN. NOTE THE TILE WALLS ARE SPOTLESS. IT GIVES YOU: SHOCK! AND AWE!
JUST LOOK AT ALL OF THEM. THIS IS A SUBWAY TUNNEL AS YOU LEAVE THE TUBE TOWARD THE STREET. WE WILL WALK TO THE
TATE.. JUST LOOK AT THESE AND THINK... HOW? WHY? CAN’T WE SAY: THERE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PRIDE HERE?
I GOT REALLY EXCITED OVER THIS.. NOTE THE BAG OF CEMENT.. IT IS
FROM A “CEMEX PLANT”... I TOLD THE
CONTRACTORS THANK YOU FOR HELPING
CEMEX PAY MY RETIREMENT IN
LONDON!
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PARK ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE TATE. WE WILL HAVE OUR PICNIC LUNCH
HERE.
TATE BRITAINis part of the Tate network of galleries in England, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, having opened in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works
of J. M. W. TURNER.
The gallery is situated on the site of the former Millbank Prison commenced in 1893, and the gallery opened on 21 July 1897 as the
National Gallery of British Art. However, from the start it was commonly known as the Tate Gallery, after its founder Sir Henry Tate, and in 1932 it
officially adopted that name. Before 2000, the gallery housed and displayed both British and modern collections, but the launch of Tate
Modern saw Tate's modern collections move there, while the old Millbank gallery became dedicated to the display of historical and contemporary British Art. As a consequence, it was renamed Tate
Britain in March 2000.
A FACTBY DON ALLEN
THE OPERATIVE PHRASE HERE IS: “BRITISH ART.”
MANY OF THE ARTISTS ARE VERY GOOD, BUT
VERY UNKNOWN IN THE WORLD.
THIS REQUIRES ONE TO VIEW IT WITH A
DIFFERENT ATTITUDE.
AS MANY OF OUR READERS KNOW, WE HAVE FOLLOWED GAINSBROUGH, REYNOLDS, LAWRENCE, STUBBS, ROMNEY... ALL
ARE ENGLISH ARTISTS..HOWEVER, THESE AMERICAN BORN ARTISTS ALSO PAINTED IN
ENGLAND.. VERY MAJOR WORKS:BENJAMIN WEST, JOHN SINGER SARGENT, JOHN COPLEY,
GILBERT STUART, AND OTHERS.
WE DO ALL WE CAN TO FIND AND SEE THEIR WORKS..
BOTH ARE BY JOHN SINGER SARGENT
THIS IS WHERE WE
ATE OUR PICNIC LUNCH. WOW!
THIS IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST COLLECTION OF
“HENRY MOORE” SCULPTURE. SAY “GOLLY GEE WHIZ!”
THREE TIMES.
ALL OF THESE GREAT WORKS
ARE BY THOMAS
GAINSBROUGH.I LOST COUNT AT
22 DIFFERENT WORKS BY THIS
ARTIST. THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD DAY!
ALL THREE ARE BY THE GREAT
AMERICAN ARTIST JOHN SINGER
SARGENT,BUT DID MOST OF HIS GREAT WORK
IN ENGLAND. THEREFORE HE IS
IN THE BRITISH TATE MUSEUM.
THERE IS A COMPLETE ROOM OF
ALL OF JMW TURNER ART..
IT IS SHOWN THROUGHOUT ALL
THREE OF THE TATES.
THINK ABOUT THIS! THE DOCUMENTATION ART OF THE FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH
AIR PUMPS.. A DEAD BIRD IS PUT IN A GLASS CHAMBER AND THE CHAMBER
IS CONNECTED TO AN AIR PUMP..
THE PRESSURE IS INCREASED IN THE CHAMBER IN AN EFFORT
TO BRING THE BIRD BACK TO LIFE.
WITH THIS! WE SHALL LEAVE THE
TATE BRITAIN.. A GOOD VISIT..
Wednesday, 11thAIRBNB HOST STANLEY CHIM
FLAT 115, 8TH FLOOR EBBETT COURTVICTORIA ROAD, LONDON, UK. W3 6BX
8888888888888888
DAY 122 OF LONDON ADVENTURE8888888888888888
August 11, 2015Worked on epistles...Up late...Had a brunch and early dinner
at 2:15..We on the tube at 3:15 to Oxford Circus...Then to Charing Cross to go get tickets to a
stage show somewhere and to finish the National Portrait Gallery.. Then to a stage
show with reduced priced tickets.
We shall see what we see...
8888888888888THIS WILL BE
OUT LAST VISIT TO THIS FINE
FACILITY.
QUEEN VICTORIA
IN ALL OF HER GLORY..
PRINCE ALBERT IN ALL OF HIS
GLORY..
ALBERT &
VICTORIA..
AIN’T LOVE
GRAND?
THIS WILL BE THE END OF
PART A ON THIS EPISTLE..
IT IS CONTINUED ON
PART B.. WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING..
MANY THINGS TO SHARE AND I GOT BEHIND DURING MY
CRAZINESS. SUCH IS LIFE..
LIFE IS GOOD!
LOVE IS BETTER!