Chalk Figures

Chalk Figures in The landscape

The Longman of Wilmington – restored in 1874, the present figure differs from the pre-restoration outline, he probably had a face and the poles could have been a scythe or an axe. 

A white horse in a ancient landscape.

mimi butler white horse lino print
longman of wilmington mimi butler
mimi butler lino print
cerne abbas giant

A white chalk horse of Litlington in Cuckmere, East Sussex, cut in approx. 1836 for Queen Victoria’s coronation.

Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset

Pilgrim Hares

hare with bagpipes mimi butler

From an old Abbey sculpture – hares from Charroux in France, part of an ancient pilgrims route from Paris down to the south and Spain.

Bagpipe playing Hare Mimi Butler