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[OM] Re: Fawsley Northamptonshire #2

Subject: [OM] Re: Fawsley Northamptonshire #2
From: "Wilcox, Joel F" <joel-wilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 13:21:42 -0500
A very classic, strong composition.  Beautiful tones as well.  Wish I'd
been there, wish I'd seen it that way.  Kudos.

Joel W. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Battison
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:02 PM
> To: OM list
> Subject: [OM] Fawsley Northamptonshire #2
> 
> 
> At the end of the 15th century on the orders of the Knightley 
> family, who
> owned Fawsley Hall, the village of  Fawsley was abandoned. 
> The villagers
> were moved out in favour of the more profitable sheep 
> grazing. Capability
> Brown, who was an 18th century master English landscape 
> gardener not a state
> of military alert, flooded the area in the shot as part of 
> his landscaping
> of the estate.
> 
> The old village of Fawsley is under the water
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/Fawsley_02.html
> 
> --Graham
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