From Wolvercot 

Curator: From Wolvercot, an etching by John Baptist Malchair, presents a delicate vista in miniature. What strikes you first? Editor: An understated sense of peace. The low horizon with those soft clouds—it feels like a memory. Curator: Consider the symbolism of Wolvercot itself—a place name hinting at folklore, of liminal spaces. Malchair was documenting places and communities during significant agrarian shifts. Editor: Right, the etching captures a specific moment, but also implies a timeless rural ideal, now tinged with the politics of memory and access. Did these landscapes reflect stability or the pangs of cultural change? Curator: Perhaps both. I'm left wondering about the individual stories embedded within this scene, the lives touched by these fields and that skyline. Editor: Yes, it's a reminder that even the simplest images carry complex narratives.