The Norman Archipelago is an 1885 oil painting by the British artist John Brett. Treuherz p.129 Payne p.186 A seascape it features a panoramic view of the Channel Islands looking across from Sark towards Guernsey, Herm and Jethou. https://collections.manchesterartgallery.org/collections/narrative/e78777d4-56a7-36ed-a2f7-fad9a8b519b8/?s%3DWork%26%26pos%3D431=&__cf_chl_tk=yNNKk89uTmq_U79aDG1H0jnN4Nc.nry.MBe4kMm_JsU-1787914699-1.0.1.1-6Aw8jPYXo37365ZNFQpPJpnHeuA5etEHvN42z7mEZmU The title references the fact that they are part of the Duchy of Normandy.

Brett had been strongly influenced by the pre-Raphaelite movement of the mid-Victorian era and his landscape paintings reflected this. The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1885 held at Burlington House in London. Catalogue of Royal Academy Exhibition. The Academy, 1885. P 40 The picture is now in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery, having been acquired that same year. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-norman-archipelago-channel-islands-204545

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Bibliography Payne, Christiana. John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter. Yale University Press, 2010. Treuherz, Julian. Pre-Raphaelite Paintings from Manchester City Art Galleries. Manchester City Art Gallery, 1993.