THOMAS M. M. HEMY (1852-1937) - PAGE 2
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Thomas M. M. Hemy
datapages
01,
02
&
03 are now on site. Plus all
of the other image pages, accessible though the index on page
05. And, if you want to make a comment? A site guestbook is here. Test. To search for specific text on this page:- Enter your search term & 'Submit'. To repeatedly search the page, press 'ALT S' again & again as many times as may be required. But beware, once it reaches the bottom of the page, it starts all over again at the top. And now, I am delighted to be able to provide an extensive article which came to me thanks to Norma Mae Hemy, also an artist, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Norma, we thank you so very much. Norma believes the Mar. 8, 1890 article is from a Newcastle, England newspaper (the Graphic perhaps?). The drawing of the artist, which accompanied the article, appears on Page 01.
Should you read the extensive article on site page 03, you will learn that the artist "painted Rugby, Eton, Harrow, the great national schools of England." And read also Thomas Hemy's own words about those works. He specifically mentions his painting of 'The Eton Wall Game'. Well here it is, on the left below, available for purchase from EasyArt (the source, in fact, of both fine images below - search for 'Hemy' Entire Range). The right image is of the Harrow School Cloisters. And the Eton Wall Game? I have read that it is a cross between soccer
&
rugby, and has been played at Eton College & nowhere else in the world for almost 300 years.
The first recorded game was in 1776. It is played by two teams of 10 players, in a playing area
about five metres wide
& about 110 metres long, bounded on one side by a high wall. The objective is to get the ball to the end of the wall
& score a goal.
Exceptionally exhausting to play, it is however said to be far more skilful
than might appear to the uninitiated. 'The skill consists in the remorseless
application of pressure and leverage as one advances inch by inch through a
seemingly impenetrable mass of opponents'. It is most
unlikely that you will one day see the Wall Game in the Olympic Games or on television. According to the Daily Telegraph, "it is generally considered to be
the world's worst spectator sport as most of the action takes place within the scrum, or 'bully', when all that can be seen are the
player's legs and backs for long periods of time". The big game of the school
year is played on St. Andrew's Day. No one has scored a goal since 1909! But what
a splendid tradition!
Finding new data re the artist is quite difficult. But e-Bay often comes to the rescue! In this case, it has provided a 1903 used postcard, at left below, postmarked Jan. 22, 1903 at Pittsburgh, PA. The vendor stated that the work is entitled 'In The Harbour' and that the postcard was 'published' by Tm M. Hemy. A Tuck's postcard from their 'MARINE' series # 715, I now learn. Maybe, however, 'Tom M. Hemy' rather than 'Tm M. Hemy'? From a 2007 e-Bay listing of a card posted in Jun. 1903. And e-Bay has provided another two postcards also - the best images I have. The small image is of 'A Friendly Hail' while the large image at right is of 'In A Calm', described as being a Tuck 'Marine' No. 717 card & dating from Dec. 1901. All clearly part of an extensive series of Tuck 'Marine' art postcards.
This may not be the best place on site, but with time limited, I advise here a list of where Thomas Hemy exhibited his works. The data is thanks to an e-Bay listing in Apr. 2007 by Sygun Museum of North Wales, which listing contained the data. I thank them! Here is the list. Exhibited:
Thomas M. M. Hemy
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