Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO THE TOMB TO GENERAL SIR LOFTUS OTWAY HIGHGATE WEST CEMETERY HIGHGATE WEST CEMETERY OPENED IN 1839 AND THE EAST CEMETERY IN 1860. THIS IS IN THE OLD WEST CEMETERY WHICH IS CLOSED TO CASUAL VISITORS BUT CAN BE VISITED BY GUIDED TOURS.IAN NAIRN IN 1966 IN NAIRN'S LONDON HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT HIGHGATE WEST CEMETERY: THERE ARE BETTER REASONS FOR GOING HERE THAN TO LOOK AT THE GRAVE OF KARL MARX. THIS IS THE CREEPIEST PLACE IN LONDON; NO DICKENSIAN STRETCH OF THE RIVER CAN MATCH THIS CALCULATED EXERCISE IN STUCCO HORROR NOW ITSELF DECOMPOSING. THE ENTRANCE IS WELL DOWNHILL IN SWAINS LANE AND AT FIRST THE LANDSCAPE IS ORDINARY. BUT AS YOU WIND UP THE HILL IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE OVERGROWN CHOKED IN WINTER BY DEAD FRONDS WITH AN UNNERVING RESEMBLANCE TO SPANISH MOSS. THE LANDSCAPE LOOKS LESS AND LESS LIKE LONDON MORE AND MORE LIKE LOUISIANA.... NOTHING SEEMS REAL BUT DEATH AT ITS GREYEST AND CLAMMIEST. THE CEMETERY CLOSES WELL BEFORE DARK AND A GOOD JOB TOO.THIS IS THE TOMB TO GENERAL SIR LOFTUS OTWAY WHO FOUGHT IN THE PENINSULA WAR IN PORTUGAL SO HIS HUGE TOMB WAS SHAPED LIKE A PENINSULA 2018 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) MARATHON PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO MARATHON-3917 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Marathon obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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