First look at new exhibition featuring 130-year-old sketches of everyday life in Bristol
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The exhibition, by Bristol-based arts organisation Spectroscope, is a celebration of the life and work of Harry Bow.
From high wire walkers in Bristol Zoo Gardens to the launch of the Clifton Rocks Railway, deaf artist Harry spent his days in Victorian Bristol sketching everything he saw.
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Hide AdSpectroscope founder Cathy Mager has summarised 2,000 diary pages and several hundred newspaper articles for the new exhibition at Bristol Beacon.
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Cathy, a deaf artist and curator herself, said: “This project has been a labour of love, but I am confident when the people of Bristol see Harry’s drawings, they will experience the same fascination that I have.
“It is amazing to see the city I call home depicted in drawings from over a century ago by a fellow deaf artist and I have felt a sense of comradery with Harry from learning about his life and experiences.”
The Lost Diaries of Harry Bow runs until Friday (October 25) in the Kennedy Room at Bristol Beacon.
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