I drew the Round Church from the low wall outside St John’s College. It seems surprising to me that the road sign is placed right in front of this well-known and much photographed church. But it was there, so I put it in the picture.
Here are two sketches made from the Fitzwilliam museum, sitting on the stone outside.
The houses are all neatly maintained. The windows have proper wooden frames, the chimneys have new concrete round their bases. The shield-like sign on the left of the road says “G Peck and Sons Dispensing Chemists, Estd 1851”. It is still a dispensing chemists, but not G Peck and son. Why do we now call chemists “pharmacies”? When did that happen?
I enjoyed the opportunity to look closely at these buildings. There’s a lot to sketch in Cambridge.
Jane Sketching 