Castor, 1927. Architectural fantasy - towards the right, we see a magnificent Romanesque church tower topped by a relatively stumpy gothic spire, rendered in fainter, silvery inks to suggest distance and grandeur. A solitary figure, in what appears 17th century dress, emphasises the pathos and the enormity of the then recent destruction

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