Erewash Archive
The Life and Experiments of
Horace Jonathan Marney


As part of the exhibition Future/Past - May to July 2008, Erewash Museum, Ilkeston - artists Hugh Dichmont and Chie Hosaka compiled an archive of previously unseen artefacts, which presented the story of Ilkeston born gardner-come-scientist Horace Jonathan Marney.
As well as original items from the Marney family and Erewash Borough Council collections, the exhibit included artisitic interpretations of several of Marney's sketches and writings.

Please browse through the images below to view documentation of the exhibit, samples of the archive material - reproduced with the permission of Erewash Borough Council - and pictures of the artists' contributions.

The ExhibitHorace Marney's Experiments, Letters and DrawingsThe Artists' Interpretations

A collaboration between Hugh Dichmont & Chie Hosaka.