Best and good selection
Here you'll find a selection of James Ravilious's best-known photographs which he classified as 'best' and 'good'. To discover the full collection of 'best' and 'good' images click here.
“‘These photographs, anything but nostalgic, reveal the persistence of an England one had thought long gone.’ ”
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Printed copies of all photographs by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive can be ordered as prints.
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Wilf Pengelly setting up stooks, Woolleigh Barton, Beaford, Devon, 1974
Ike Jewell fetching his pension, Appledore, 1975
Archie Parkhouse with ivy for sheep, Millhams, Dolton, 1975
Archie Parkhouse & Ivor Brock dragging sick ram, Millhams, Dolton,1976
Alf Pugsley moving a shed in case of floods, Langham, Dolton, 1978
Sunday School procession with garland, Hatherleigh, 1976
Carnival float ‘Willow Pattern’, Hatherleigh, 1978
John Bennett, traveller, Addisford, Dolton, 1980
Sheep passing thatched house, Upcott, Dolton 1981
Running for the school bus, Atherington, 1982
Dick French & family watching the Cup Final, Brendon Barton, Exmoor,1985
Bill Smale and his prize onions, St Giles in the Wood, 1974
Peter Jones lifting ‘flatpoll’ cabbages, Upcott, Dolton, 1976
Archie Parkhouse & Ivor Brock dragging sick ram, Millhams, Dolton,1976
Ashwell Farm with barking dog, Dolton, 1977
Ivor Brock rescuing a lamb in a blizzard, Millhams, Dolton, 1978
Morning prayers, Bluecoats School, Torrington, 1978
Olive Bennett with her Red Devon cows, Cupper’s Piece, Beaford,1979
Fore Street with dog and full moon, 6.0 pm, Dolton, 1979
Village street with swifts, Roborough, 1981
Couple after their wedding, Dolton, 1983
Dr Richard Westcott listening to Bill Brown’s chest, South Molton, 1984
Cottage kitchen in sunlight, Mariansleigh, 1985
Remembrance Sunday parade, Chulmleigh, 1987
Store cattle, Parsonage Farm, Chulmleigh, 1989