Hampshire - The river Test and two Hampshire cottages

Sir David Murray, R.A., H.R.S.A., R.S.W., R.I. (1849-1933)
Hay wain on the river Test, Hampshire, 1901

oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 60.8 cm.)

Helen Allingham, R.W.S. (1848-1926)
The Clothes-Basket

signed 'H Allingham' (lower left) and with inscription (A Hampshire Cottage)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
14¾ x 19½ in. (37.5 x 49.5 cm.)

Robert Angelo Kittermaster Marshall (1849-1926)
The river Test above Stockbridge, Hampshire

pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour
18 x 26¾ in. (45.7 x 68 cm.)

R Murray
A Hampshire cottage

framed and glazed watercolour
25cm x 36cm.

Anna Lea Merritt - A hamlet in old Hampshire

Hampshire Maps - 1529, 1626, 1892

Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire (where Anna Lea Merritt lived from 1890 until 1930) is about 5 miles north of Andover. Below is an old map of 'Hant Shire' (detail above) and another of 'Southamptoniae' (I love the images:). If you aren't familiar with Hampshire ... start at the bottom of the map - you'll see part of the Isle of Wight. Follow the Port of Southampton northward - up through the valleys of the Anton and Test Rivers and you'll find Andover. (There is also an 1892 map of Hampshire from George Phillp and Son.)
Hant Shire. 1626 John Bill from An Abridgment of Camden's Britannia

Southamptoniae. 1599 Pieter Van der Keere

Hampshire. 1892 George Phillp and Son

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Anton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Test
http://riveranton.blogspot.com/
The River Test - BBC article

Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire

Anna Lea Merritt made her home at The Limes, Hurstbourne Tarrant, near Andover, Hampshire, England from 1890 until her death on 7 April 1930.

Below are two postcards and a photograph that show the beautiful area around Hurstbourne Tarrant.

photo courtesy 'dpirot'

1936 photo scene

Anna Lea Merritt - A hamlet in old Hampshire

Anna Lea Merritt's home from 1890 - The Limes, Hurstbourne-Tarrant, near Andover, Hampshire, England

Illustration details from A hamlet in old Hampshire, 1902

From Google Books