As the science of photography developed, so architectural drawings became less realistic and more impressionistic (since there was no need to produce a realistic facsimile of a scene when a photograph could achieve this in an instant). Architectural draftsmen, however, were required to produce something that looked realistic when in fact it was pure fantasy.

Often the lovingly-drawn perspective flattered the building rather more than it deserved, putting it into a romantic light, or drawing it from an impossible viewpoint. Many architectural designs were never built, or worse, demolished – in such cases, the original drawings are the only evidence that the building ever existed.

We are proud to present a selection of architectural drawings and watercolours by some of the twentieth century’s greatest architectural artists, including Cyril Farey and JDM Harvey.

  • Walter Charles Ives (d. 1961)

    The New Bodleian Building, Oxford 1946

    Signed Pencil, wash and whitening 35 x 53 cm (15 x 21 in.)  
  • Wolverhampton School of Practical Art

    Wolverhampton School of Practical Art Published for London Illustrated News (25 June 1853) 17.5x29cm Watercolour If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Reginald Hallward Grapevine Altar Cloth Design

    Reginald Hallward Grapevine Altar Cloth Design Watercolour and pencil Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • John Charles Rogers RIBA (1888-1939)

    The Lantern, St Paul's Cathedral, London

    41 x 18 cm (61 x 7") Graphite on paper Signed JC Rogers Inscribed 'Isometric section on the centre line'. Rogers was a practising architect who trained at Regent Street Polytechnic and was then assistant to Messrs Harvey & Potter.
  • D L Hadden

    Design for Lounge Furniture in Sycamore (1929)

    Pencil and watercolour 29x49cm For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • D L Hadden

    Bedroom Interior

    Pencil and watercolour 23x31.5cm For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • D L Hadden

    Curio Cabinet Design (1929)

    Pencil and watercolour 29.5x21.5cm For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) 

    Cambridge Revisited (1933)

    Pen, ink, and wash
    24 x 35 cm
    Signed and dated lower right.
    Renowned for his architectural fantasies, Richardson here depicts Sir Christopher Wren revisiting the chapel he built in 1677. Wren is a Colossus, surveying not only the architecture of the chapel but the fantastical assortment of characters present in the quad. Seventeenth century lords, ladies, and scholars occupy the centre of the picture while 20th century tourists (on the left) watch the scene unfold.
    Richardson was a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century. He was Professor of Architecture at University College London, a President of the Royal Academy, editor of Architects' Journal, founder of the Georgian Group and the Guild of Surveyors and Master of the Art Workers' Guild. He also received the Architectural Association’s Professor Bannister Fletcher Medal (an award for the study of post- Great Fire London architecture) in 1902.
    If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • J R Stammers (1918-??) for Sir Albert Richardson

    Design for New Buildings at Christ’s College, Cambridge

    Inscribed ‘PROPOSED EXTENSIONS TO CHRIST’S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE’, ‘A.E. RICHARDSON E.A.S. HOUFE’ (lower left), ‘PERSPECTIVE BY J.R. STAMMERS’ (lower right) Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour 63 x 86cm (25 x 34 inches)   Provenance: The estate of Albert Richardson. Click here for other works by the artist and biographical details. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • William Alfred Pite (1860-1949)

    King`s College Hospital, Denmark Hill general bird`s-eye view (1913)

    Initialled H.M.F., signed and titled by William A. Pite F.R.I.B.A. (1860-1949), lower right, on board support with R.I.B.A. `Exhibition of Contemporary British Architecture` label, and architect`s label both mounted on verso Watercolour over pencil 46 x 92cm (26.25 x 18 inches)
  • Reginald Hallward (1858-1948)

    Design for wall painting at Werneth Church, Oldham

    Watercolour with highlights 22 x 16 cm Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Cyril A. Farey

    Design for an Art Deco office building, (1932)

    Signed ‘Cyril A Farey Del 1932’ Pencil and watercolour 23 x 16 in A glorious and large drawing of an as-yet unidentified art deco building. This picture is classic Farey, with the reflections in the foreground and the bright blue sky. Biographical details and other works by Cyril Farey can be found here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Cyril A. Farey (1888-1954)

    National Bank of India, Aden

    Watercolour 44x60cm (frame) 17.5×33.5cm (6.8×13.1 inches) Biographical details and other works by Cyril Farey can be found here. In 1839 Aden was taken by the East India Company as a recoaling point between India and the UK. Aden came under the control of the Government of Bombay. In 1937, recognising the geographical distinction between India and Aden it ceased to be a part of British India and became a Crown Colony with its own Governor. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Cyril Farey (1888-1954)

    Berners Street

    Signed ‘Cyril A Farey’ and inscribed ‘Proposed New Premises Nos 3 & 4 Berners Street London W.’ Pencil and watercolour 39.5 x 23.5 cm Biographical details and other works by Cyril Farey can be found here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • John Dean Monroe Harvey (1895-1978) 

    A design for Barclays Bank, Walthamstow (1964)

    Signed and dated ‘J D M Harvey 64.’ Gouache on paper. A very fine architectural perspective by Harvey with his customary distinctive clouds and elegant people. The scheme was built, but the ground floor has since been rebuilt in a rather less satisfactory fashion. 41 x 60 cm (16 x 23 inches) For biographical details and more works by JDM Harvey, please click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • A Design for The Midland Hotel Manchester

    Pencil drawing 20x41cm Provenance: British Railways If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Derek Wicrow

    The Telecinema - Telekinema - National Film Theatre Southbank (1957)

    Pencil drawing, squared for transfer. 40x51cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. The Telecinema was built for the 1951 Festival of Britain, situated between Waterloo Station and the Royal Festival Hall. Whilst press releases referred to the Telecinema, the outside of the building proclaimed Telekinema. Wells Coates were the architect, creating - in the words of Today's Cinema - "A fly-away linear design [with a ] gay façade and bold modern stare". Seating 410 people it was the first cinema in Britain with both 3D sound - provided by an array of speakers behind the screen and allowing the sound to come from the direction of the person speaking - and 3D vision. It was demolished in 1957 when the National Film Theatre moved to its current location - renamed in 2007 as BFI Southbank.
    Telecinema

    The interior of the Telecinema

  • John Chessel Buckler (1793-1894)

    The Nave of Westminster Abbey

    Watercolour Signed, Titled and dated 1810 25x17 cm Click here for other works by Buckler and biographical detail. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Hubert H. Clark

    Design for a Country House (1947)

    Watercolour and pencil 33x53cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.  
  • Hubert H. Clark

    Design for Slough Hospital 

    Original print 33x53cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Florence & Walter Camm

    Design for Series of Four Arthurian Stained Glass Windows for Mercersburg Academy Chapel, Pennsylvania 

    1928 Watercolour over photographic background 10 x 24cm Provenance: The archives of TW Camm The Irvine Chapel of Mercersburg Academy was built as a war memorial for the First World War dead of the school. The dead were honoured in a series of stained glass windows that were commissioned from a series of the greatest stained glass designers of the time. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe KBE, R.A, F.R.I.B.A. (1882-1974)

    Lloyds Bank, Notting Hill Gate (c.1930)

    Ink and wash 60 x 37 cm In original white-painted frame. Signed 'Edward Maufe, Architect' lower right; also signed 'Drawn by H A Townsend'. This bank, designed by Maufe, still stands; contrary to the flourishes of the architectural design, however, it was executed in a slightly more restrained style. Sadly, a gratuitously unattractive modern front now defaces the front of the original bank building. Maufe is probably most famous for his Guildford Cathedral, the Air Forces Memorial, and his work for the Imperial War Graves Commission, for which he received his knighthood in 1954. He served a five-year apprenticeship under William Pite and then attended St John’s College, Oxford as an undergraduate. He then studied Design at the Architectural Association. His architecture is notable for its strong arts and crafts influence; this likely arose from his having lived in The Red House, Bexleyheath, which Philip Webb designed for the most famous of the Arts and Crafts designers: William Morris. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk  or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Colen Campbell (1676-1729)

    Althrop Hall in Northamptonshire the Seat of the Rt Honourable The Earl of Sunderland & co.

    35x50cm Engraving (1715-1725) from 'Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect...' Althorp Hall - as it is now written, but still pronounced 'Althrop' - is the seat of the Earl Spencer and the location of the grave of Diana, Princess of Wales. Colen Campbell was a Scottish architect and architectural writer, renowned for being a founder of the Georgian style. His major published work was 'Vitruvius Britannicus' which was a catalogue of design, containing a series of engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones, Sir Christopher Wren, Campbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. It was published in three volumes between 1715 and 1725.
  • David Loggan (1634-1692)

    Frontispiece Public Schools Oxford

    Engraving 33x42cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Frederick Nash (1782-1856) Drawn and etched

    Engraved by F C Lewis

    South West View of St George's Chapel, Windsor

    To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Exeter London Published by F Nash, No 6 Asylum Buildings, Westminster Road July 12 1804 39.5x52cm Frederick Nash was born in Lambeth. Initially studying architectural drawing under Thomas Malton he subsequently enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts. From 1801 to 1809 he worked with the antiquarians John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley, subsequently becoming a member of the Society of Painters in Watercolours - a group of painters who had left the Royal Academy following complaints of under-recognition of their works. Latterly primarily a landscape painter he toured the rivers of Germany.
  • George Horace Davis (1888-1963) Design for publication probably in The Illustrated London News

    Tractors and mechanisation Signed and dated 1947 Gouache, monochrome 17.25x29.75" Here the reduction in manpower as a result of the mechanisation of agriculture is celebrated in a typical work by Davis. A "special artist" for 'The Illustrated London News', he worked for it for forty years, the scope and detail of his work being without peer in the rest of the staff. Tractors are pictured in every possible role in agriculture; however the great advances made in the sixty years since then could not have been forseen. Born in Kensington, London, Davis was educated at Kensington Park College and then at Ealing School of Art, working subsequently as a freelance artist until the First World War intervened. He served with the Royal Flying Corps (subsequently the Royal Air Force) with distinction, and had a number of his paintings of aerial combat published in 'The Sphere.' In 1923 he commenced work with The Illustrated London News, for which he worked for the next forty years. His first drawing related to the use, in small boats, of wireless and was the first of many similar diagrammatic drawings designed to educate and inform readers of advances in science, warfare, technology or transport. Needless to say his attention to detail meant architectural drawings were another strength of his, drawings of 10 Downing Street and Westminster Abbey, for instance - and also architectural phantasies such as a proposed heliport at Charing Cross Station. During his career at The Illustrated London News he is estimated to have produced illustrations covering some 2,500 pages of the publication; each one requiring an informed understanding arising from careful research. He continued to work for it until his eighties and at the time of his death there was a supply of finished but as-yet-unpublished works. The sale at Christies in London of the archive of The Illustrated London News on 7 October 2014 included many works by Davis - a price of £16,875 being obtained for a series of seven drawings by him.
  • Claude Muncaster (1903-1974)

    View of the Clyde from Lyle Hill

    Monochrome watercolour with ink Signed and dated 1952, and inscribed 'Sphere' 18x50cm DRAWN FOR 'THE SPHERE' ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Louis Osman (1914-1996)

    Thomas Lumley Architectural Design ii

    45x55cm Pen and ink with wash and heightening in white Provenance: from the artist's estate Click for biographical details and other works by Osman. Lumley Castle was built in 1389 and today is a four star hotel that belongs to the Earl of Scarborough. Thomas Lumley was an eighteenth century soldier and statesman, and the third Earl of Scarborough.      
  • Louis Osman (1914-1996)

    Lincoln Cathedral Architectural Design

    45x55cm Pen and ink with wash and heightening in white Signed 'Louis Osman BA (Hons) FRIBA' and inscribed 'Lincoln Cathedral' lower right Dated Nov. 1960 Provenance: from the artist's estate Click for biographical details and other works by Osman. Osman worked on Lincoln Cathedral, amongst other cathedrals. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.    
  • Louis Osman (1914-1996)

    Kens Barn at Goudhurst - Architectural drawing

    77x53cm Coloured chalks Signed 'Louis Osman' and inscribed Provenance: from the artist's estate Click for biographical details and other works by Osman. A design for a barn conversion in Goudhurst in Kent. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.    
  • Louis Osman (1914-1996)

    A £350 Modernist House Weekend Cottage - Architectural drawing

    75x52cm Watercolour and pencil Inscribed Provenance: from the artist's estate Click for biographical details and other works by Osman. From Osman's time as an architectural student at the Bartlett School of Architecture. The examiner has graded the piece to the face. Osman was even more an artist than an architect, which shows with the quality of the shading and calligraphy. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.    
  • Louis Osman (1914-1996)

    Architectural Perspective Design for a Shop Front

    75x52cm Watercolour and pencil Signed and Inscribed Provenance: from the artist's estate Click for biographical details and other works by Osman. From Osman's time as an architectural student at the Bartlett School of Architecture. A proposed house stands in woodland. Osman was even more an artist than an architect and it shows with the quality of his drawings. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.    
  • James Gowan (1923, Glasgow - 2015, London) Fountains Abbey (1973)

    52x62cm Oil on Canvas Signed 'James Gowan' lower left Inscribed to reverse 'Fountains Abbey 1973 James Gowan No 199' For biographical details and other paintings by Gowan click here. The present work exhibits many of the characteristics obvious in his architectural works. There is a very strong architectural composition. The landscape and sky are approached in almost cubist fashion, reminiscent of the Toblerone-shaped roof of the Leicester Building, whilst the figures have a carefree feel to them. And here indeed are the gothic towers and flying butresses that we know inspired Gowan when designing the Leicester Engineering Building, being captured by the brightly-dressed members of an art class, splashes of primary colour in an already colourful landscape. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • James Gowan (1923, Glasgow - 2015, London) The Blue Mill at Backbarrow

    62x52cm Oil on Canvas For biographical details and other paintings by Gowan click here. The present work exhibits many of the characteristics obvious in his architectural works. There is a very strong architectural composition. The landscape and sky are approached in almost cubist fashion, reminiscent of the Toblerone-shaped roof of the Leicester Building, whilst the figures have a carefree feel to them. Backbarrow was the place where the blue pigment ultramarine (or dolly blue - used to return brilliant whiteness to yellowed fabrics) was produced in an old mill building by the Lancashire Ultramarine Company. Dust from the production gave the entire village a blue tint until production ceased in 1981. The factory is now a hotel and it maintains a display of machinery used in the factory. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) 

    The Dawn of the Renaissance in Central Europe, A Caprice

    28x43cm watercolour Signed, with further detail to backboard (title, date etc.) Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) was a traditionalist, renowned for his distaste of modern architecture. Rooted firmly in the classical period, he lived a Georgian life, refusing to have electricity in his Georgian house – until his wife finally insisted. Professor of Architecture at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture from 1929-1955, this was evacuated to Cambridge during the war and he became a fellow of St Catharine’s College. Amongst his other achievements, Richardson was President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. For pleasure he painted architectural fantasies; capriccios of buildings he pictured in his mind. Richardson was recipient of the Architectural Association’s Professor Bannister Fletcher Medal in 1902 which was an award for the study of post-Fire London architecture.  Amongst his achievements were Professor of Architecture at University College London, President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. Click here for other works by the artist and biographical details. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • D L Hadden

    Calligraphy for George M Hammer Coventry Cathedral Fittings 

    Pen and ink 20x35cm c. 1950 Hadden was a senior designer for Geo M Hammer, designers and retailers of school and ecclesiastical furniture. Their lift-top school desks are particularly well regarded, and always carried their brass name plate. Hammer were renowned for their interior woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell (brother of Gordon Russell and who worked for his brother before World War Two) famously designed the chairs to be used by the congregation; as all-wood stacking chairs they were innovative at the time. As senior designer, Hadden was at the heart of the Coventry project. Coventry's great place in the world of calligraphy comes from the Ralph Beyer typeface (or font) which surely has had an influence on Hadden's calligraphy here - see our matching card that refers to London Churches. For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) 

    Antwerp Cathedral

    33x20cm Watercolour Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) was a traditionalist, renowned for his distaste of modern architecture. Rooted firmly in the classical period, he lived a Georgian life, refusing to have electricity in his Georgian house – until his wife finally insisted. Professor of Architecture at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture from 1929-1955, this was evacuated to Cambridge during the war and he became a fellow of St Catharine’s College. Amongst his other achievements, Richardson was President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. For pleasure he painted architectural fantasies; capriccios of buildings he pictured in his mind. Richardson was recipient of the Architectural Association’s Professor Bannister Fletcher Medal in 1902 which was an award for the study of post-Fire London architecture.  Amongst his achievements were Professor of Architecture at University College London, President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. Click here for other works by the artist and biographical details. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) 

    Venice The Grand Canal Looking to the Salute

    18x24cm Watercolour Initialled Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) was a traditionalist, renowned for his distaste of modern architecture. Rooted firmly in the classical period, he lived a Georgian life, refusing to have electricity in his Georgian house – until his wife finally insisted. Professor of Architecture at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture from 1929-1955, this was evacuated to Cambridge during the war and he became a fellow of St Catharine’s College. Amongst his other achievements, Richardson was President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. For pleasure he painted architectural fantasies; capriccios of buildings he pictured in his mind. Richardson was recipient of the Architectural Association’s Professor Bannister Fletcher Medal in 1902 which was an award for the study of post-Fire London architecture.  Amongst his achievements were Professor of Architecture at University College London, President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. Click here for other works by the artist and biographical details. Slight toning to paper. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) 

    La Giralda Seville

    38x28cm Watercolour Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) was a traditionalist, renowned for his distaste of modern architecture. Rooted firmly in the classical period, he lived a Georgian life, refusing to have electricity in his Georgian house – until his wife finally insisted. Professor of Architecture at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture from 1929-1955, this was evacuated to Cambridge during the war and he became a fellow of St Catharine’s College. Amongst his other achievements, Richardson was President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. For pleasure he painted architectural fantasies; capriccios of buildings he pictured in his mind. Richardson was recipient of the Architectural Association’s Professor Bannister Fletcher Medal in 1902 which was an award for the study of post-Fire London architecture.  Amongst his achievements were Professor of Architecture at University College London, President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. Click here for other works by the artist and biographical details. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
  • V A Hards (British, c. 1930-c. 2012) Design for Modernist School Chapel

    Watercolour on wove Signed and dated November 1948 and marked 35/40 55x77cm Hards was educated at Brixton School of Building and Woolwich Polytechnic between 1948 and 1956, during which period he produced some very competent work including this rather fun modernist design for a riverside tearoom. Brixton School of Building was incorporated into the Polytechnic of the South Bank - now London South Bank University. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Some edge wear and isolated spots.
  • V A Hards (British, c. 1930-c. 2012) Design for Modernist Town House

    Watercolour on wove Signed and dated October 1949 and inscribed Woolwich Polytechnic. 77x55cm Hards was educated at Brixton School of Building and Woolwich Polytechnic between 1948 and 1956, during which period he produced some very competent work including this rather fun modernist brutalist design for a town house. Brixton School of Building was incorporated into the Polytechnic of the South Bank - now London South Bank University. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Some edge wear and isolated spots.
  • V A Hards (British, c. 1930-c. 2012) Design for Monumental Fountain

    Watercolour on wove Signed and dated 1955 55x77cm Hards was educated at Brixton School of Building and Woolwich Polytechnic between 1948 and 1956, during which period he produced some very competent work including this rather fun modernist design for a monumental fountain in a grand park. Brixton School of Building was incorporated into the Polytechnic of the South Bank - now London South Bank University. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Some edge wear and isolated spots.
  • V A Hards (British, c. 1930-c. 2012) Design for Modernist Game Keeper Lodge

    Watercolour on wove Signed and dated March 1948 55x77cm Hards was educated at Brixton School of Building and Woolwich Polytechnic between 1948 and 1956, during which period he produced some very competent work including this rather fun modernist design for a monumental fountain in a grand park. Brixton School of Building was incorporated into the Polytechnic of the South Bank - now London South Bank University. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Some edge wear and isolated spots .
  • V A Hards (British, c. 1930-c. 2012) Design for Modernist Town House

    Watercolour on wove Signed and dated October 1949 and inscribed Woolwich Polytechnic. 77x55cm Hards was educated at Brixton School of Building and Woolwich Polytechnic between 1948 and 1956, during which period he produced some very competent work including this rather fun modernist brutalist design for a town house. Brixton School of Building was incorporated into the Polytechnic of the South Bank - now London South Bank University. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Some edge wear and isolated spots.
  • Florence Camm (1874-1960) Design for church stained glass window with 'IHS' roundel

    Watercolour 17x9 cm Design for TW Camm & Co., Smethwick, Birmingham With 'IHS' Roundel - 'Iesus Hominum Salvator' ('Jesus Saviour of Mankind') The Camms were stained glass designers who exhibited 48 times at the Royal Academy and also exhibited at The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, The Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Following the death of her father, Florence Camm became chief designer at TW Camm with many commissions both nationally and internationally. Florence Camm was the daughter of Thomas William Camm (1839-1912) who founded the stained glass business T W Camm in High Street Smethwick. From 1892-1911 she studied at The Birmingham Municipal School of Art which, unusually for the time, encouraged girls to attend the life drawing classes – drawing fully nude female models and partially draped male models – thus explaining Camm’s skill with the human figure. Students were encouraged to execute their drawings for designs, thus giving them the skills to set up as manufacturers in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. The arts and crafts designer Henry Payne was an influential tutor for Camm, being one of the most influential teachers at the BMSA who was working as a stained glass designer at the time; one of his most notable commissions was a painted mural illustrating Tudor History for the Houses of Parliament in 1908. Following the death of TW Camm, Florence and her brothers – Walter and Robert – took over the business and Florence did most of the designing. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: In conservation mount and in plastic sleeve for protection.
  • Douglas L Hadden (British, 20th century) Design for Poster/Showcard 'Furniture of Distinction'

    33x20cm Pen and ink c. 1930 Hadden was a senior designer for Geo M Hammer, designers and retailers of school and ecclesiastical furniture. Their lift-top school desks are particularly well regarded, and always carried their brass name plate. Hammer were renowned for their interior woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell (brother of Gordon Russell and who worked for his brother before World War Two) famously designed the chairs to be used by the congregation; as all-wood stacking chairs they were innovative at the time. As senior designer, Hadden was at the heart of the Coventry project. Hadden was educated at the Wycombe School of Art and quickly rose to the position of chief designer at Burkles, early in his career. During the World War Two he worked as an air warden in Cowley and later within the Royal Artillery, before returning to work for the Italian firm BIANOS, helping to shift its production of spitfires propellers back to peace-time wood-work. For his 7th and finale job he worked as chief designer for one of the largest and oldest firms in Britain, Geo. M Hammer. With a wide experience of designing furniture to a high standard, Hadden worked for colleges, universities, schools, libraries, monasteries and nunneries, churches and abbeys, cathedrals, synagogues and private houses. In addition to furnishings, Hadden took pride in producing fine pianos for many of these residences. Through  Geo M Hammer, Hadden's designs can be found across the British Isles today, with many further appearing in America. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition : Good.
  • Prof. Sir Albert Richardson PRA (1880-1964) A Classical Building with elegant figures 

    28x43cm watercolour Signed, with further detail to backboard (title, date etc.) Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., P.R.A. (1880-1964) was a traditionalist, renowned for his distaste of modern architecture. Rooted firmly in the classical period, he lived a Georgian life, refusing to have electricity in his Georgian house – until his wife finally insisted. Professor of Architecture at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture from 1929-1955, this was evacuated to Cambridge during the war and he became a fellow of St Catharine’s College. Amongst his other achievements, Richardson was President of the RA, editor of Architect’s Journal and founder of the Georgian Group. For pleasure he painted architectural fantasies; capriccios of buildings he pictured in his mind. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Some toning to paper.
  • V A Hards (British, c. 1930-c. 2012) Design for Modernist Fisherman's Hut

    Watercolour on wove Signed and dated March 1956 and stamped for Brixton School of Building. 77x55cm Hards was educated at Brixton School of Building and Woolwich Polytechnic between 1948 and 1956, during which period he produced some very competent work including this rather fun modernist brutalist design for a fisherman's hut, not designed to blend in with the scenery. Brixton School of Building was incorporated into the Polytechnic of the South Bank - now London South Bank University. To view more of his work we have listed, scroll down to 'View more from this seller' and click on 'View all from this seller' and then search for 'Hards'. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. Some edge wear and isolated spots.

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