Comments on: So Long, Harry The Pencil https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 05 May 2023 09:15:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Keith (Puddy)Robertson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1508679 Fri, 05 May 2023 09:15:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1508679 I only found out about the passing of a dear friend David(Harry)Harrison by my daughter Cordelia find him on Google last night. Harry , Paddy King, David Cooper and myself were inseparable in our school years at The Hewitt School in Norwich, we all lived in West Earlham in Norwich and I think that was the bond. Harry has always been a terrific artist , his first portraits were drawn in coal in my mum and dads whitewashed coal shed, wish we had photos but we couldn’t afford a camera in those days, Harry was the achiever working after we left school at Fielden and Mawson architects in Norwich , he knew his prospects would be better in London and he got married there. His wedding invites were hand drawn with him and his fiancée on the front in pencil just like a photograph. Rest in peace Harry always the artist.
Regards Puddy and Barbs

]]> By: Nora https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1503773 Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:49:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1503773 Beautiful drawings. I love the quality of Harry’s line. Wish I could draw like this…

]]> By: Ann https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1502236 Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:41:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1502236 Such brilliant pictures.
Now rest in peace Harry x

]]> By: Baden Smith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1502196 Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:48:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1502196 Sad to hear of Harry’s demise, but relieved that it has not gone unobserved, thanks to your offices. What a legacy he’s left.

May I endorse Susan Hadley’s suggestion – if you ever go into producing sets of postcards, put me down as a customer.

]]> By: gkbowood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1502195 Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:46:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1502195 Now that’s a book I ‘d love to see you get published! His sketchbook is amazing- I want a bound volume so much! What a commemeration that would be.

]]> By: Sue https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1502188 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:27:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1502188 Lovely work.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1502181 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:51:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1502181 I shared this post with some of my art colleagues who are involved with the Urban Sketchers
project. They were enthralled.

Wonderful, insightful, skillful sketches. I love the way he was able to convey the volume of
the buildings, structures — not an easy thing to accomplish. As the artist jotted down:
“Look for the strongness of things”.

Thanks for shining a light.

]]> By: Akkers https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1502098 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:18:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1502098 Sad news about Harry. These drawings were really good – what a talented man he was and its great that he left us with these drawings.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1502096 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:15:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1502096 Great humour in some of them too, especially the Hatton Garden one!

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/20/so-long-harry-the-pencil/#comment-1502078 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:16:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194800#comment-1502078 These sketches are lovely, they come alive when you look at them. They deserve to be on show in a gallery collection.

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