Four Salmon Postcards by AR Quinton 1
One of the show & tell items was a collage jigsaw of AR Quinton village paintings. These were commercialised as J Salmon postcards, which were widely sent to friends and family after day trips and during holidays in the late 19th and first half of the 20thC.
One of our members who collects Salmon jigsaws was introduced to vintage jigsaws through the Salmon Postcard society. This interest had only arisen because of a chance encounter with a library book. The postcards were then quite reasonably priced (at least the most common ones were) and the couple consulted collecting Salmon experts and became very knowledgeable themselves. Eventually our member became the editor of the society's magazine.
Here are four examples:
-The Bell Inn, Salford Priors, near Evesham
- Village Cross, Wyre near Evesham
- Hollyhocks, Cropthorne near Evesham
- Old Cottages, Cropthorne near Evesham
Wikipedia:
Alfred Robert Quinton (1853–1934) was an English watercolour artist, known for his paintings of British villages and landscapes. Many of these were published as postcards (by Salmon), which are popular with today's collectors. His paintings have also been published in many calendars. Well over 2,000 of his paintings were published between 1904 and the time of his death. He also illustrated a number of books including "The Historic Thames" by Hilaire Belloc.
A book was published about his work:
Quinton, A. R. The Rural England of A.R.Quinton (J. Salmon Ltd. 1990)
aboutcards.blogspot.com/2007/01/postcards-of-r-quinton.html
"Watercolour artist A R Quinton was 57 years of age when postcard publisher Joseph Salmon spotted some of his paintings in a London art gallery. Salmon persuaded ARQ to let him print a 1912 calendar featuring Quintons English village views. The calendar was a success and, over the next 22 years, Quinton went on to produce more than 2000 watercolours featuring the towns, villages and resorts of England and Wales which Salmon published as postcards. (You will also find ARQ cards published by Raphael Tuck)."
Four Salmon Postcards by AR Quinton 1
One of the show & tell items was a collage jigsaw of AR Quinton village paintings. These were commercialised as J Salmon postcards, which were widely sent to friends and family after day trips and during holidays in the late 19th and first half of the 20thC.
One of our members who collects Salmon jigsaws was introduced to vintage jigsaws through the Salmon Postcard society. This interest had only arisen because of a chance encounter with a library book. The postcards were then quite reasonably priced (at least the most common ones were) and the couple consulted collecting Salmon experts and became very knowledgeable themselves. Eventually our member became the editor of the society's magazine.
Here are four examples:
-The Bell Inn, Salford Priors, near Evesham
- Village Cross, Wyre near Evesham
- Hollyhocks, Cropthorne near Evesham
- Old Cottages, Cropthorne near Evesham
Wikipedia:
Alfred Robert Quinton (1853–1934) was an English watercolour artist, known for his paintings of British villages and landscapes. Many of these were published as postcards (by Salmon), which are popular with today's collectors. His paintings have also been published in many calendars. Well over 2,000 of his paintings were published between 1904 and the time of his death. He also illustrated a number of books including "The Historic Thames" by Hilaire Belloc.
A book was published about his work:
Quinton, A. R. The Rural England of A.R.Quinton (J. Salmon Ltd. 1990)
aboutcards.blogspot.com/2007/01/postcards-of-r-quinton.html
"Watercolour artist A R Quinton was 57 years of age when postcard publisher Joseph Salmon spotted some of his paintings in a London art gallery. Salmon persuaded ARQ to let him print a 1912 calendar featuring Quintons English village views. The calendar was a success and, over the next 22 years, Quinton went on to produce more than 2000 watercolours featuring the towns, villages and resorts of England and Wales which Salmon published as postcards. (You will also find ARQ cards published by Raphael Tuck)."