Samuel James Sillet 1764-1840
The Winfarthing Oak 1812
Oil on canvas
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Purchased 1947
NWHCM:1947.89:F
Recalled by Tom McCarthy
Artist, novelist and author of 'Remainder'
Reveal 5 of 10
Photography: Mike Harrington
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For the ten weeks of the 'Waterlog' exhibition in Norwich, ten different
landscape paintings from the Castle Museum collection were hung in the
gallery, all but one of them veiled with black silk.
At the beginning of each week, a different painting was unveiled, and an audio recording of a walk undertaken by Pope, in the company of a different writer, was made available on this website. These recorded each writer’s attempt to commit the designated painting to memory and recollect it in detail, out in the open countryside.
On this page the veiled image links to the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery’s digital archive where more information on the individual painting is available.
The ten walks and the corresponding audio files can be accessed through the front page of this site.
Downloads
Listen to a recording of Tom McCarthy recalling the painting (MP3 : 4.4MB)
(An mp3 audio file will pop up in a small window)
At the beginning of each week, a different painting was unveiled, and an audio recording of a walk undertaken by Pope, in the company of a different writer, was made available on this website. These recorded each writer’s attempt to commit the designated painting to memory and recollect it in detail, out in the open countryside.
On this page the veiled image links to the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery’s digital archive where more information on the individual painting is available.
The ten walks and the corresponding audio files can be accessed through the front page of this site.
Downloads
Listen to a recording of Tom McCarthy recalling the painting (MP3 : 4.4MB)
(An mp3 audio file will pop up in a small window)