The Ancient Mariner
My original image of the statue of the Ancient Mariner & Albatross in Watchet, Somerset. Cut out the statue from a busy background & blended in photoshop cs with my own texture of rusting metal using layers then painted in DAP using pencils. Watchet harbour became the inspiration for the epic poem The Ancient Mariner by the romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In 1797 he walked over the Quantock Hills from his home in Nether Stowey, along with his friends William and Dorothy Wordsworth, and came upon Watchet. It has been said that looking down at the town from St. Decuman�s Church gave him the inspiration for his poem. The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared Merrily did we drop Below the kirk, below the hill Below the lighthouse top. sculptor Alan B. Herriot Source
Size: 2400px × 3200px
Location: Watchet, Somerset
Photo credit: © David Carton Digital / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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