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[Ferrying Sheep to Colsay.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '6709-3-14a / H'. Genre: Portrait Photography A wooden boat full of sheep is moored next to the rocky island; two men are in the process of getting the sheep off the ferry; one of the men has a long shepherd's hook. An adhesive sticker with a tick mark has been...
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '6713-4-14 / 2½'. Genre: Landscape Photography View up a grass hill which has a shallow ditch running along the foreground; the ruins of Grobsness Haa are halfway up the incline and the bay is to the extreme right.
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '6714-1-1 / H'. Genre: Landscape Photography Taken from Haggrister Hill, the view looks down to sheep grazing by the sandbar which is to the right.
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '6733-4-17 / H'. Genre: Landscape Photography The view looks down to sheep grazing by the sandbar which is to the right; taken from further up Haggrister Hill than the previous entry.
[Ferrying Sheep to Colsay.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography A wooden boat full of sheep is moored next to the rocky island; two men are in the process of getting the sheep off the ferry; one of the men has a long shepherd's hook.
Genre: Landscape Photography A view of marshland with a small pool of water in the foreground; it has a patch of tall grass at its centre and the sun is reflected in the water nearest the viewer. Published in 'Our Forbidden Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1990) p.153 and 'Landmarks: A Survey' (St...
Genre: Landscape Photography A grass verge with a tidal pool in the foreground; just off the coast line there is a small island with high cliffs. The contact sheet identifies this area as being Grobsness.
Genre: Landscape Photography View up a grass hill which has a shallow ditch running along the foreground; the ruins of Grobsness Haa are halfway up the incline and the bay is to the extreme right.
Genre: Landscape Photography View up a stony incline; the pillared approach to the house starts in the mid-distance and the cross-shaped house is on the skyline to the left. Lunna House played an important role in the Norwegian Resistance Movement during World War II.
Genre: Landscape Photography Sheep roam grassland divided into narrow strips; there is an empty stone enclosure by the shoreline. Published on page 34 'The Edge of The Land' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1995).