The Ancient Town of Seaford

This blog takes its title from an article in the November 1895 edition of The Art Journal written and illustrated by the artist and designer George Charles  Haité .  His thoughts on the impact of 'recent' changes to the local scene can be better appreciated when compared with the wonderful 1824 drawing of Seaford by John Constable   reviewed in our second section.   Other images in the form of drawings by various early artists and photographers have also been used to show how Haité foretold, in 1895, the direction of development which would result in the urbanisation of the coastal and down-land environment.   In September 1894 Haité visited the coastal town of Seaford situated on the South Downs and at the eastern end of Seaford Bay.  He produced at least 12 drawings and some of them were used  in his article, "The Ancient Town of Seaford, Sussex"  published in the November 1895 edition of  'The Art Journa l'. His drawings were rep...