#one pound note

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On this Day.

February 26th 1797.

Bank of England Issues the First One Pound Note.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X41iGs2BqUI)

Music: Crimson by The Shtooks

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LOOK WHAT I FOUND

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Derby Art Gallery Pt. 1

After Nottingham I went to visit Derby's Art Gallery and a few other places I'll go on to detail.

One Pound Note - 1978-80

I found this £1 note interesting simply because of its design, depicting Sir Isaac Newton. It's a traditionally lined note design with Sir Isaac Newton as the watermark. The note is focused on Sir Isaac Newton and his astrological legacy and it is central to the design. The element of the design I like the most is the combination of crisp, clear lineart mixed with the colour change from left to right hand side of the note. Compositionally, you enter the note at the £1 bottom left, follow the design and the colour across through to the portrait of Newton itself, framed against the right hand watermark. I also appreciate the novelty of seeing a £1 note in such recent history, yet I had never before seen one in the flesh.

A Cottage on Fire, Joseph Wright (Oil on Canvas) 1795

The paintings of Wright and others at the end of the 1700's had great social appeal to the people of the time, symbolising the fears of the nation from the neighbouring french revolution. I like the detail in the painting and the contrast of the dull surrounding edge with the golden frame. Compositionally, we are led in from the darkest corner, the bottom left, and we follow through the layers of increasing light around the bank and into the blazing inferno itself. Wright plays with light and shadow masterfully here, showing his command of both as he illuminates the area in such a way as to maintain the focus perfectly on the blaze. He may lead your eye around the area but you always return to the fire. The red glow rises into the sky and silhouettes the surrounding trees for contrast. The painting has such incredible detail when viewed up close and the hue of the fire is something you find yourself just staring at.

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