WIP Critique Romeo Tavern/Quarter Master.

[John Bowery]

Moving along, This is where I am at.

The Jacket is a mixture from The Powel book. It is two cadmium Orange, one light green and 8 Titanium white. I also added a little deep cadmium red in the shadows and used the Burnt sienna for the lining colour as well as in the shadows since it has orange in it.
I can see lots of touch ups needed

The red scarf has an attempt at a pattern and looks as thought I need to sharpen it up.

My wife's parents used to have a pub in the UK called the Black Swan and it was located in South Creake, Fakenham Norfolk.
It dated back to 1789 and is now a historic land mark and no longer a pub. It had a tunnel from the pub all the way out to the sea and the pirates used to use the tunnel and stash their stuff in the Pub.
This is the pub that started the saying "Put it on the slate". The slate was on the wall behind the two entry doors to a small room and was still on the wall when Maureen lived there. The wall were 18 inches thick.
Her fathers name is Frederick King and is listed in the records second from the last owner.
BLACK SWAN
SOUTH CREAKE Index
- BROTHERCROSS HUNDRED FULL LICENCE CLOSED 07.09.1963
SMITHDON, DOCKING & BROTHERCROSS LICENCE RECORDS PS 13/4/1 ( 1949 - 1965 )
REEPHAM BREWERY to 1878
STEWARD & PATTESON to closure 1963

Licensees :
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MICHAEL ELMER here 09.09.1789
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WILLIAM TAYLOR 1830 - 1836
THOMAS YOUNG
according to Pigot 1839
JOHN YOUNG
according to Robson 1839
Age 30 in 1841 1839 - 1846
THOMAS YOUNG
according to Slater 1850
JAMES YOUNG
age 24 in 1851
& plumber & glazier 1851
JOHN YOUNG
Age 54 in 1861
( wife Harriet age 53 in 1861 ) 1854 - 1863
Mrs HARRIET YOUNG 1864 - 1865
JOSHUA BAMBRIDGE 1868
JOHN LAW GIRDLESTONE
Age 33 in 1871 1871 - 1872
JOHN BURCHAM 1875 - 1879
LAWRENCE HARPER 1879
HENRY COBB
Age 45
& harness maker 1881
WILLIAM LUNNESS 1883 - 1888
WILLIAM LAKEY 1890 - 1892
MARTIN WALKER 1896 - 1912
HORACE WEBSTER 1916 - 1922
ROBERT SANDS 1925
VICTOR C. MALLOWS 1929
GEORGE JOHN TAYLOR 1933
ARTHUR LEOPOLD ARUNDEL 1937
FREDERICK KING by 1949
HORACE GREEVES 26.10.1953
to closure

1897 image from the collection of the late Percy Rush.
Shown with permission

Shown on Bryant's 1826 map.
Lot No. 50 in sale of Bircham & Sons Reepham Brewery , Saturday 8th June 1878. Then let to John Burcham at an annual rent of £15.
Said to be positioned near junction of roads, containing :-
Tap Room with room behind, Upland cellar, Bar, Wash House, Pantry, Large Club Room with moveable partition, 7 Bedrooms, Open Cart Lodge next to road, Detached Wash House, Stable, Yard with range of buildings, comprising Blacksmiths Shop, Coach House, Stabling & Loose Boxes, Large Garden in rear: An Allotment to the Common included. - Freehold - Purchased by Steward.

Closure agreed at the First Joint Committee Meeting of Bullards and S&P 29.05.1962.
Sales reported as 28 barrels.
Last licence surrendered at 1964 Licence Sessions

So we are now going to call the Tavern "The Black Swan" known as the Mucky Duck locally. I will put all the above information on the back of the wall side . So this is dedicated to my Wife.
The next is the boots and assembly.
All comments and questions are encourage and welcomed.
Cheers
John

 

[alamac]

Looking good John , love this figure and your setting the scene nicely
cheers
Al

 

[Nap]

John

What a great idea and packed full of details ..hope you find that barmaid , love the painting information , those Powell books are invaluable .

Looking forward to seeing more

Nap

 

[John Bowery]

Last update on the Quartermaster.
I thought that I was being clever to glue the head scarf to the head and then paint it. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The head would not glue down to the white scarf properly so I had to break the scarf off and glue the head on and then the scarf at the side. I cleaned up the pattern on the scarf to add interest.

I made the pipe a clay pipe instead of a wood pipe and thought that was logical for the time period.

The boots are dusted with Mig powders. I thought that the Second in Command of the pirate ship would not be dirty to much in his civilian clothes The pants have a little dirt on them as they may rub on the stonework, door frames etc.

A couple of close ups.

The boots are Raw Umber and Mars brown with highlights in Yellow Ochre/white. The tops are Raw umber, Burnt Sienna and Yellow Ochre.

I have removed the red dot on the nose????????? and the stray hairs????????????

All comments are encouraged and welcome. Thanks for looking.
I can now turn to the "Black Swan" and concentrate on the setting for all of these little fellows.
Next thread will the above Inn and work in progress.
Cheers
John

 

[Oda]

Not only are you doing a great job painting this one but you also have all this sensational historical detail to back it up.It really brings the piece to life.Your very own,personal Jamaica Inn.Absolutely love it.

Oda.

 

[DEL]

Hi John, missed this as April was a busy month for me, doing a lot of travel.
Great work so far and a fantastic link to the history of the family pub
It has everything I like about 'scenic' modelling, looking forward to developments.
Cheers
Derek