Gloucester

Recreating the Past

By: Philip Moss, Andrew Armstrong

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Paperback | 10 September 2021

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96 Pages

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22.4 x 24.5 x 1

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Historic reconstruction drawings of Gloucester accompanied by photographs and drawings from excavations.

If you stand today in the middle of Gloucester, you've stood above 2,000 years of accumulated history. You stand above a Roman fortress, a proud colonial city, a Saxon royal centre, a prosperous medieval market town, a Roundhead bastion and an expanding Victorian industrial hub.

Over the last 50 years local artist and historian Philip Moss has been recreating those Gloucesters of the past in a series of beautiful and well-researched reconstruction drawings and paintings. For the first time, the complete body of Philip's work has been collected together to tell the story of Gloucester from its Roman beginnings to the present. Philip's work is accompanied original photographs and drawings from archaeological excavations in Gloucester over the last 50 years and commentary from Andrew Armstrong, the City Archaeologist, to tell the story of Gloucester's past.

80 colour illustrations

About the Authors

Philip Moss is a local historian, illustrator and the author of THP's Historic Gloucester. As a founder member of the Gloucester and District Archaeological Research Group, he has excavated on many archaeological sites locally and also illustrated plans, finds and reconstructions.

Andrew Armstrong is Gloucester's City Archaeologist. His job mainly involves providing planning advice for the City Council but he also undertakes public outreach work, e.g. regularly speaking at the Gloucester History Festival.

Industry Reviews

Mention in World Archaeology magazine
"In this fascinating book, Philip Moss, a local historian and artist, uses archaeological evidence and an artist's eye to recreate lost Gloucester through the ages."
"Local artist and historian Philip Moss has been recreating Gloucesters of the past in a series of beautiful and well-researched reconstruction drawings and paintings."
"The work of its co-authors is exemplary-lucid, elegant and informative."

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