Welcome to our website.

This website introduces Mike and Misha Herwin and our hobbies and interests, which we hope will be of interest to family, friends and enthusiasts for our pastimes.

Content
Introduction

• About Us A brief background on Mike and our joint interests.

• Misha A brief background on Misha, her writing and other interests. July 2006. Misha's latest novel Dragonfire -just published- and available from Amazon

Herbert Dicksee

• Herbert Dicksee How I started collecting Dicksees.
                            Dicksee Art Books Details of forthcoming art books on the five main Dicksee artists by Bryan Steele and             Simon Toll. NOT TO BE MISSED
                            Nick on Dicksee Biography of artist by Nick Waters
                            Windsor Magazine 1906 Article by Enoch Scribe, "The Art of Mr. Herbert Dicksee."
                            HD Catalogue Catalogue of Etchings, Prints and other works.
                          The catalogue has now been split into separate   pages to speed navigation, which are reached from the main catalogue page, as is a list of works exhibited at the Royal Academy, between 1895 and 1933
                            After Chevy Chase Large oil painting by Dicksee and Cragside House 
                            Auction Prices Some details of prices paid at auction. Over 200 auction results in last five years
                            E-Bay Prices Prices and results on E-Bay from last quarter 2005 onwards. In the period Oct 05 to Feb 06, the same number of Dicksees, excluding restrikes, were offered on e-bay as in all the auction houses put together.
                            Etching terms Some explanation of terms used in catalogue
                            Sir Brian Picture & pedigree of Dicksee's own Deerhound
                           Dicksee Deerhounds Dicksee portrayed deerhounds not wolfhounds

Other Interests

•  Nautical Fiction Nautical fiction - a bibliography of my collection

• Company History Herwin Canny history - a tribute to my grandfather, William Rufus Herwin, his inventions and a brief history of the company from 1901 to 1983

• Herwin Genealogy What I have been able to discover, so far, about my ancestors and about Herwins in general. Arthur Herwin was an Ordinary Seaman on HMS Victory killed at Trafalgar. Unfortunately this turned out to be a blind alley as, although the name Arthur Herwin is on the Portsmouth memorial, Arthur was an Irvine born in 1782 in the Shetlands. However, thanks to the research of my uncle, Frank Herwin, I have found that I did have a relative, William Harrowin, born in Brooke, Norfolk. who served under Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in Aboukir Bay and lost an eye in the battle. Harrowin and Herwin are the same family and the names are interchangeable, varying with different members of the same household and sometimes for the same person at different times. The name Harwin is also used quite freely  and my great, great grandfather appears as Harwin and Herwin in different censuses.

• IWSA Ch Show photos A few photos of the 2005 Ch Show

• Dog Pedigrees Dog pedigrees - see details of and links to Mike's on line searchable databases

Developments for the future 

I hope to install a favourite links page shortly, with links to pedigree dog sites, to favourite authors, to family members and favourite artists. I came across an excellent marine artist recently, Charles Napier Hemy, and was particularly enchanted by his pictures of the Thames around Rotherhithe and other insalubrious parts, as my maternal grandmother came from watermen stock.

New pages that I hope to add later are:-

• Canine book collection

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