{"id":2943,"date":"2021-12-31T17:46:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:56:30","slug":"harveys-childhood-homes-in-a-painting-on-nelson-mandelas-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/harveys-childhood-homes-in-a-painting-on-nelson-mandelas-house","title":{"rendered":"Harvey’s Childhood Homes In A Painting In Nelson Mandela’s House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going through some old family papers, I came across part of a magazine article which was kept by Harvey’s parents. It shows Nelson Mandela in his house. What is remarkable is that there’s a painting in the background depicting the houses in Fore Street, Newlyn, which were in Harvey’s ‘Barnes’ family for a century and it’s where Harvey lived when he was a child.<\/p>\n

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Nelson Mandela in his house<\/p><\/div>\n

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Close-up of the painting on the wall<\/p><\/div>\n

I don’t know this particular painting but there have been many paintings of this view produced over the years, particularly by the Newlyn School of Artists.<\/p>\n

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The houses photographed in 2018<\/p><\/div>\n

There have been quite a number of changes to the properties since the painting was completed but you can still see the likeness to the modern-day photograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Going through some old family papers, I came across part of a magazine article which was kept by Harvey’s parents. It shows Nelson Mandela in his house. What is remarkable is that there’s a painting in the background depicting the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-2943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-famous-connections","tag-barnes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t