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Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - 1862)
Gate of Honour, Caius College (1810)
Etching 13 x 20 cm A nineteenth-century view of Christ's College, Cambridge, complete with Members of the College and a hound on the lawn. Richard Bankes Harraden was a printmaker, painter, and drawing master. He was active in Cambridge, producing many views of the colleges, and subsequently several Oxford colleges. Harraden was an early and exhibiting member of the Society of British Artists in London, which was established in 1823, and remained a member until 1849. He specialised in depictions of landscape, topography and architecture, and was the son of Richard Harraden (1756 - 1838) with whom he published plates as 'Harraden & Son'. Byrne was a London-born etcher and landscape painter, who was taught by her father, the etcher William Byrne. She and her father contributed etchings to the 'Magna Britannia' and 'Britannia Depicta', books illustrating the most interesting views in various English counties, published by Samuel Lysons in the late 1810s. Condition: very good; later hand coloured. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Gonville and Caius. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Caius Court, Gonville and Caius College (1992)
Lithograph 31 x 44 cm Signed and numbered 358/500, both in pencil. Casson's depiction of Gonville and Caius, with sun slanting into the 16th-century Caius Court. Members of the college stroll through the court. Sir Hugh Casson was educated at Eastbourne College; St John’s College, Cambridge; and the Bartlett School of Architecture. Trained in the 1930s in the early modernist style, he taught at the Cambridge School of Architecture. After employment as a camoufleur during World War 2 by the Air Ministry, in 1948 he was appointed as director of architecture for the Festival of Britain. A close friend of the Royal Family, he undertook designs for the 1953 coronation, designed the interior of the Royal Yacht Britannia (“The overall idea was to give the impression of a country house at sea”), and taught the young Charles III to paint in watercolours. Amongst his architectural achievements are the Elephant House at London Zoo, the 1978 redevelopment of Bristol Docks, the Raised Faculty Building for The University of Cambridge, and a building for the Royal College of Art. He published a number of illustrated books, of which Casson’s Oxford and Casson’s Cambridge are probably the best known. A limited edition series of prints was produced from the paintings. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Gonville and Caius, Cambridge. -
David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cambridge (1690)
Engraving 38 x 47 cm Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised in Danzig in 1634. After studying engraving in Danzig with Willem Hondius (1598-1652 or 1658), he moved to London in the late 1650s, going on to produce the engraved title-page for the folio 1662 Book of Common Prayer. He married in 1663 and moved to Nuffield in Oxfordshire in 1665. Loggan was appointed Public Sculptor to the nearby University of Oxford in the late 1660s, having been commissioned to produce bird’s-eye views of all the Oxford colleges. He lived in Holywell Street as he did this. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' was published in 1675, with the help of Robert White (1645 - 1704). Following its completion, Loggan began work on his equivalent work for Cambridge; the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata' was finally published in 1690, when he was made engraver to Cambridge University. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' also includes an engraving of Winchester College (Winchester and New College share William of Wykeham as their founder) whilst the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata' includes one of Eton College (which shares its founder, Henry VIII, with King’s College). Bird’s-eye views from this era required a particular talent as an architectural perspectivist; it was not until 1783 that it became possible for artists to ascend via hot air balloons and view the scenes they were depicting from above. Loggan thus had to rely on his imagination in conceiving the views. Loggan’s views constitute the first accurate depictions of the two Universities, in many ways unchanged today. Whilst the Oxford engravings were produced in reasonable numbers and ran to a second edition by Henry Overton (on thicker paper and with a plate number in Roman numerals in the bottom right-hand corner), those of Cambridge were printed in much smaller numbers. The Dutchman Pieter van der Aa published some miniature versions of the engravings for James Beverell’s guidebook to the UK, 'Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne' (circa 1708). The contemporary artist Andrew Ingamells has produced a highly-acclaimed series of etchings which bring Loggan’s original vision up to date. Condition: has been previously washed; generally good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Gwen White
Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge
Gouache 24x32cm Gwen White is author of Perspective: A Guide for Artists, Architects and Designers and this view of Trinity is painted with an architect’s eye for detail. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.ukor call us on 07929 749056. -
Hanslip Fletcher (1874-1955) St John's College, Cambridge
20x30cm Pen and Wash If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. -
Henry Sargant Storer (1791-1837)
A view of Cambridge from Castle Hill c.1824
Watercolour 46x74.5cm Original watercolour for engraving published in c. 1824. A copy of the engraving is available to view. Provenance: the family of the artist. A very large and very fine view of Cambridge from Castle Hill. New Court of St John's College shines brightly, being in the course of construction - it was finished in 1831. A later panorama of Cambridge in 1838 shows Jesus Green lock in the course of construction. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Verner Longe (1857-1924)
The University Challenge Whip (1900)
Watercolour 29 x 45 cm Signed and inscribed "Choristor ii just beats Loddon ii". Inscribed 'Cambridge University Meeting, Cottenham, March 1909' to mount. A lively racing scene by William Verner Longe, and English artist noted for his scenes of racing, hunting, and other equestrian activities. He was educated at the Ipswich School of Arts and then the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Condition: generally good; some spots to mount. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other Cambridge pictures. -
Sir Hugh Casson (1910-1999) King's College from the Backs 22 x 41cm Unsigned proof print Sir Hugh Casson was educated at Eastbourne College, St John’s College Cambridge and the Bartlett School of Architecture. Trained in the 1930s in the early modernist style, he taught at the Cambridge School of Architecture. After employment as a camoufleur during World War 2 by the Air Ministry, in 1948 he was appointed as director of architecture for the Festival of Britain. A close friend of the Royal Family, he undertook designs for the 1953 coronation, designed the interior of the Royal Yacht Britannia (“The overall idea was to give the impression of a country house at sea”), and taught the Prince of Wales to paint in watercolours. Amongst his architectural achievements are the Elephant House at London Zoo, the 1978 redevelopment of Bristol Docks, the Raised Faculty Building for The University of Cambridge, and a building for the Royal College of Art. He published a number of illustrated books, of which Casson’s Oxford and Casson’s Cambridge are probably the best known. A limited edition series of prints was produced from the paintings. King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city. -
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Hugh Casson (1910-1999)
Downing College Cambridge (1988)
Limited edition print signed in pencil and numbered 234/500 (N.B. another copy illustrated) 27x38cm From Casson’s ever-popular Cambridge series of prints. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999) Emmanuel College Cambridge, Front Court
Signed in pencil, and numbered from the limited edition of 500. 24x27cm From Casson’s ever-popular Oxford and Cambridge series of prints. Sir Hugh Casson was educated at Eastbourne College, St John’s College Cambridge and the Bartlett School of Architecture. Trained in the 1930s in the early modernist style, he taught at the Cambridge School of Architecture. After employment as a camoufleur during World War 2 by the Air Ministry, in 1948 he was appointed as director of architecture for the Festival of Britain. A close friend of the Royal Family, he undertook designs for the 1953 coronation, designed the interior of the Royal Yacht Britannia (“The overall idea was to give the impression of a country house at sea”), and taught the Prince of Wales to paint in watercolours. Amongst his architectural achievements are the Elephant House at London Zoo, the 1978 redevelopment of Bristol Docks, the Raised Faculty Building for The University of Cambridge, and a building for the Royal College of Art. He published a number of illustrated books, of which Casson’s Oxford and Casson’s Cambridge are probably the best known. A limited edition series of prints was produced from the paintings. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good, very slight age toning to visible area. -
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Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Magdalene College, Cambridge, First Court
Signed in pencil, and numbered 328/500 from the limited edition of 500. 34x25cm From Casson’s ever-popular Oxford and Cambridge series of prints. Sir Hugh Casson was educated at Eastbourne College; St John’s College, Cambridge; and the Bartlett School of Architecture. Trained in the 1930s in the early modernist style, he taught at the Cambridge School of Architecture. After employment as a camoufleur during World War 2 by the Air Ministry, in 1948 he was appointed as director of architecture for the Festival of Britain. A close friend of the Royal Family, he undertook designs for the 1953 coronation, designed the interior of the Royal Yacht Britannia (“The overall idea was to give the impression of a country house at sea”), and taught the Prince of Wales to paint in watercolours. Amongst his architectural achievements are the Elephant House at London Zoo, the 1978 redevelopment of Bristol Docks, the Raised Faculty Building for The University of Cambridge, and a building for the Royal College of Art. He published a number of illustrated books, of which Casson’s Oxford and Casson’s Cambridge are probably the best known. A limited edition series of prints was produced from the paintings. Condition: excellent. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
J Phillip Davies (British, 20th Century)
Selwyn College Cambridge
Oil on board c. 1970 60x89cm A rare view of Selwyn College Cambridge, captured here in all the glory of its Victorian red brick. -
J T Neville Trinity College Great Court Cambridge
J T Neville Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge Watercolour 24x32cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
J V C Anthony
Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge
Pen, ink and watercolour 37x56cm Latter half of twentieth century If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
J V C Anthony (British, 20th Century)
St. John's College, Cambridge
Watercolour 55 x 37 cm (21.5 x 14.5 in.) Anthony exhibited with the Society of Marine Artists and painted a number of views of Cambridge. Click here to see other works by him. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
