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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I found this small water colour at my lock-up, it must have been there 3 years and I can't remember where I got it.

    The frame and was broken so I took it out.

    Ironically it is a water scene in Horning, Norfolk from 1956, where I've just spent a week on holiday.

    My partner thinks the sig is Quintin Cook.

    On the back is his name again then something Hill, Horning , Norfolk.
    It looks like Bill Hill to me, but I can't find one in the area.

    Help would be appreciated.

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    daveydempsey, Sep 19, 2022
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  2. Bdigger

    Bdigger Well-Known Member

    I read the first signature as QUINTON COOK
     
    Bdigger, Sep 19, 2022
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  3. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    Do you think it's a photograph that's been tinted by hand?
     
    say_it_slowly, Sep 19, 2022
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  4. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    I agree... looks like a tinted photograph.
     
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  5. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    After googling and finding that there is a "Bill Hill Ancient Monument" that is nowhere near Horning, it made me wonder if it's a place not a person. (the light burns dimly in my brain sometimes)

    Anyway, on a google map of Horning, there is a Mill Hill road. Do you think that might have been where he is from?
     
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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Agree Mill Hill. Does appear to be a road.

    Debora
     
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  7. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Thanks guys.

    Quinton Cook it is and his then address was Mill Hil which is just off the river Bure, Horning.

    I'm unsure on it being a tinted photo as I see brush marks with a loupe.
     
    daveydempsey, Sep 19, 2022
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  8. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    For tinted photos, colours were hand applied, so brush marks aren't out of the question.
     
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  9. David Broom

    David Broom Active Member

    Horning Art Group have their meetings at the village hall which is on Mill Hill. Maybe worth asking them. Also the use of Mill Hill as an address may have been for a local art show.
     
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