{"id":8220,"date":"2020-03-23T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T06:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2020-09-07T10:13:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T09:13:03","slug":"donald-downs-last-horizon-and-an-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2020\/03\/23\/donald-downs-last-horizon-and-an-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Downs, &#8216;Last Horizon&#8217; And An Artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8227\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?attachment_id=8227\" class=\"wp-image-8227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish2.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish2-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8226\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?attachment_id=8226\" class=\"wp-image-8226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish1.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish1-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8228\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?attachment_id=8228\" class=\"wp-image-8228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish3.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fish3-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Donald-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Donald-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8225\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?attachment_id=8225\" class=\"wp-image-8225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Donald-2.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Donald-2-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I picked up a copy of the Hamlyn &#8216;Book of Fishing&#8217; because it was illustrated by three PAN cover stalwarts namely Glenn Steward, Roger Hall and Sam &#8216;PEFF&#8217; Peffer. Inside was a name I didn&#8217;t recognise but on doing a quick search I find the book must have belonged to a fly fishing expert, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westerhamheritage.org.uk\/content\/catalogue_item\/donald-downs\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Donald Downs<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. I&#8217;ve compared signatures with know ones and it is definitely his. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;He lived in Westerham, Kent and did not own a car, even though during his war service he had driven most things from a Jeep to a Churchill tank. He enjoyed listening to the wireless, but would not entertain the like of television, or even a refrigerator and was very happy in his own company.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KissingFast-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KissingFast-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8249\" width=\"131\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KissingFast-1.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KissingFast-1-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After trying to get all the 70 plus<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/2019\/Horizons\/Horizons.htm\"><strong>PAN Horizons<\/strong><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">titles I have at last got a replacement for the one supposedly lost in the post (I did get my money back) but I&#8217;m very disappointed in that it is the only one that doesn&#8217;t actually list the artist anywhere I can find on the cover!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While sorting through my meagre collection of cover artwork I came across this small painting which says it is &#8216;Not As A Stranger&#8217; by Morton Thompson but it is not like the two covers PAN used. It seems to be too good a quality for a rough but pretty sure it is a PAN as it was amongst the piles they threw into the skips in 1991! Hans Helweg painted both covers used for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/PANM1.htm\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1961\/63<\/span><\/strong><\/a> edition and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/HansHelweg\/MortonThompson.htm\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1969<\/span><\/strong><\/a> edition so maybe one of his? I&#8217;ll keep searching.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Surgeon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Surgeon-1024x994.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8203\" width=\"512\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Surgeon-1024x994.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Surgeon-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Surgeon-768x746.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Surgeon.jpg 1761w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I picked up a copy of the Hamlyn &#8216;Book of Fishing&#8217; because it was illustrated by three PAN cover stalwarts namely Glenn Steward, Roger Hall and Sam &#8216;PEFF&#8217; Peffer. Inside was a name I didn&#8217;t recognise but on doing a quick search I find the book must have belonged to a fly fishing expert, Donald [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}