The technique of canvas printing is not solely the province of the modern artist, or the ordinary man or woman in the street keen to transform a family photograph into some Warhol-esque masterpiece. At English Heritage, the method is being employed to preserve images of some of the country’s most celebrated sites and treasures.

In offering the public the opportunity of hanging a stretched and framed Stonehenge or Lincoln Cathedral over the mantelpiece, English Heritage strives to fulfil its remit of:

(existing) to protect and promote England’s spectacular historic environment….as well as the legacy of fine arts and historic photography in our care.

Purchasing habits from this vast store of images serve to highlight those aspects of England’s green and pleasant land which most fire the public’s imagination. The expected sites are there — castles, cathedrals and ancient stone circles. Yet the list also includes the unexpected and the eccentric, including a lovingly-preserved Victorian lamppost. The sites and artefacts which command national affection are, evidently, as eclectic a mix as the population as a whole.

Ranging from £40.00, up to the £300.00 mark, the prints may be deemed as something of a luxury in the current financial climate. Yet others will doubtless argue that the worth of these images is intrinsic, and that no price can ever be placed on the wealth of national heritage they record.

Of course one doesn’t need to purchase a National Heritage print to own a piece of canvas art, you can just as easily have your own photographs printed on canvas.

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