Above: Thomas Adolphus Falcon (TAF), daughter: Elsie aged 10, son: Kenneth aged 13, mother: Julie (nee Schwabe), son Norman aged 10 whose obituary can be read here (in PDF) and whose entry in the Dictionary of National Biography is below. To view the photos from TAF's 'Dartmoor Illustrated' follow this link.

Thomas Adolphus Falcon (1872 - 1944)  was a painter and silversmith. One of his paintings shown here (right) formed a series of six that were painted as decorative panels for the small drawing room at Sharlands House, Braunton, which was built by Godfrey Albert Edward Schwabe (Thomas's brother-in-law) for Dr Elliston Wright (a relative by marriage to G.A. E. Schwabe).  Braunton overlooks Barnstaple Bay and Appledore is on the other side of the Taw estuary. The work is interesting both as a record of the layout of this fishing and ship-building village, and also as an early example of Braunton's inspirational role for artists 100 years ago. Its dimensions are 161 x 82.5cm . Thomas also published in 1900 'Dartmoor Illustrated' a book consisting of one hundred full page plates of its scenery and antiquities with some short topographical notes. The edition was printed for sale and limited to 125 large paper copies royal 8vo, and 300 copies in demy 8vo. In 1902 he wrote 'Pictorial Dartmoor' which the trade magazine 'The Bookseller' described as - "a portfolio of fifty-four photographs of views of Exeter, Chagford, Dartmoor, and of the principal features of interest to visitors who intend making a trip in sunny Devonshire."
Also in 1902 he provided the photographs that were used to illustrate the book 'The Ancient Stone Crosses of Dartmoor and its Borderland' . This 250 page book can be read (--->) HERE (<---) in PDF.  TAF's son Norman Leslie Falcon (1904-1996) was a geologist and his biography can be found on the Dictionary of National Biography.