Seaford Beach Assembly Rooms 1887

Print description

The night of 20 August 1873 Miss Emma Stanley,  a talented, versatile entertainer, performed her famous show ‘The Seven Ages of Woman’ at the Assembly Rooms in Seaford. Emma had huge success touring her entertainment shows which she performed around the world. This 1887 black and white photograph shows the Assembly Rooms that were possibly the inspiration for the novel ‘The House on the Beach’ by George Meredith

This Print celebrates the present and past of Seaford where layers of history express their mark in the landscape.

Print details

Digital pigment print from original ink drawings. Printed on fine art paper using archival inks. Available in sizes A0,A1, A2, A3 or A4 as limited editions of 100. Each print is individually signed and numbered.

Photograph of print base drawings. I make these formats with calligraphic brushes, fine-line markers, and other tools; in watercolour, ink and charcoal and on separate sheets of A3 size marker paper. These are scanned and form the main line work and patterns in the final print.