A Victorian Tea Room
by Lois Bryan
Title
A Victorian Tea Room
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art / Photography Based Digital Hand-painting
Description
5/1/2020 ... update ... An image of what is no more. This tea room, once located in the beautiful historic district of dear Elliott City , Maryland, was in the path of two devastating floods ...2016 and 2018. It has now been demolished and to my knowledge the owners have not yet relocated. I never “got around to” having tea there ... but when they reopen, wherever that is, I’ll be there with bells on!!
4/29/17 update - great news ... Tea On The Tiber, the real life tea shop upon which my image is based, has re opened for business!!!! Better than ever with lots of improvements!!!
8/4/16 - update - please say a little prayer for beautiful Ellicott City, Maryland which has just suffered a devastating flood. Two beautiful young people, as well as cars, foundations of homes, and personal goods have been swept away ... so many lives forever changed. Thank you for your kind thoughts and well wishes.
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Several years ago, 2008 in fact, I drove over to Ellicott City, Maryland on an errand. While there, I took the time to wander around the city. It was morning and lots of the shops were still closed, some were just beginning to open. The historic part of Ellicott City, if you ever have a chance to visit, is filled with wonderful antique stores and other interesting places to visit. I'd always meant to revisit "Tea On The Tiber" ... their 'English Manor scones with Tiber Clotted Cream, Lemon curd and an Elizabethan jam' sound delicious. One of these days, I really must get back there!!
Founded in 1772, the town contains the B. & O. Railroad Museum's branch at the Ellicott City Station, built in 1830, and the first terminus of the initial line. The downtown historic district is located in the valley of the upper Western Branch of the Patapsco River. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Ellicott City surpassed Towson, Maryland (county seat of neighboring Baltimore County) for the first time, as the largest unincorporated county seat in the country. My thanks to Wikipedia for this info.
Image hand-painted, digitally, and loosely based on one of my own photos. Painted in Corel Painter with a Wacom tablet, the art pen, and lots of beautiful brushes.
Fine art purchases of this image will not include a watermark, and if I may make a recommendation ... this image will look its very best on the fine art paper choice of "picture rag."
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July 15th, 2016
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Comments (87)
Nancy Griswold
Superb work Lois, a fine and well rendered image and tribute, that is some story about the flood devastation, thanks for the description F/L
Michael Mazaika
Another great “local” spot for me. Glad we have the opportunity before so many of them disappear in the name of growth and progress. Great presentation, Lois. - Mike (V/F)
NANCY DE FLON
What a dear picture. I hope the little shop survives the current troubles. Thank you for brightening our lives with these images, Lois. Fave
Lois Bryan replied:
Nancy thank you so much for your kind note and for your good wishes for the tea shop. As it turns out, the decision was made by the town fathers of Ellicott City to demolish this particular area. To the best of my knowledge, the owners of the shop were giving thought to relocating elsewhere, but I don't think they have done so at this time (2020). I hope they do. I follow them on FaceBook and check in now and then to see what's new.
Christopher James
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