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Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692)
Exeter College, Oxford (1727)
Engraving 12 x 16 cm An eighteenth-century view of Exeter, engraved by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan, the noted engraver, draughtsman, and painter. Pieter van der Aa of Leiden was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He is noted for the many engravings he produced after David Loggan's series of Oxford and Cambridge colleges and costumes. In 1727 Van Der Aa illustrated "Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne & de L'Irelande" by James Beeverell, the book in which this engraving appears. Condition: a good impression. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
F F Hoyland Balliol College, Oxford (1880) Watercolour 44 x 66 cm Signed lower left and dated. An impressive watercolour of Balliol College. Scholars, sporting gowns and mortarboards, gather in the quad. Hoyland's stylistic precision transforms this watercolour into a beautifully executed depiction of the College's architecture. -
Florence Camm (1874-1960) Design for Stained Glass Window For Queen's College Oxford
Watercolour 15x11 cm Design for TW Camm & Co., Smethwick, Birmingham 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. Conditon: Good. In conservation mount and in plastic sleeve for protection. -
after Michael Angelo Rooker (1743/6 - 1801)
North West view of Friar Bacon's Study, and Folly Bridge
Engraving 30 x 45 cm Friar Bacon's Study was built as a watchtower in the thirteenth century. The name is 'merely traditional, and not in any Record to be found', according to the 1773 text 'The Antient and Present State of the City of Oxford'; it is said to have been used by the Franciscan Friar Roger Bacon as an astronomical observatory. For hundreds of years after Friar Bacon's use of it, the tower was a notable landmark in Oxford, and Samuel Pepys visited it in 1668: 'So to Friar Bacon's study: I up and saw it, and gave the man a shilling. Oxford mighty fine place.' The Study was often considered a folly, and the bridge is now known as Folly Bridge. Rooker painted the tower in 1780 - around the same time as the tower was demolished - and James Basire produced an engraving of his painting in 1787, to be used as the frontispiece for the Oxford Almanack. The Oxford Almanack was an annual almanack published by the Oxford University Press for the University of Oxford from 1674 through 2019 (when printing sadly ceased due to "dwindling interest"). The almanack traditionally included engravings or lithographs of the University and information about the upcoming year. Other almanack artists have included Michael Burghers, J. M. W. Turner, and John Piper. Basire and Dayes collaborated on several views of Oxford during the courses of their careers. Michael Angelo Rooker ARA was an English oil and watercolour painter of architecture and landscapes, illustrator, and engraver. Rooker's original painting currently hangs in Worcester College. Condition: good; in handsome (worn) antique Hogarth frame. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other non-collegiate views of Oxford. -
Francis Philip Barraud RA (1834-1901)
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Watercolour 23 x 33cm Signed lower right. Barraud came from a family of painters. William and Henry were brothers, born in 1810 and 1811 respectively, the former a painter of equine subjects and hounds, the latter a landscape painter, and unusually the two of them made a habit of painting joint commissions. Francis, born in 1824, was a noted topographical artist, being well known for his views of Oxford in particular. Here he handles the old stonework of the College very capably, impressionistic flowers enhancing the scene. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Fred Mayor (British, 1865-1916)
Magdalen College, Oxford
Watercolour and pencil 12x15" In this painting, Mayor catches Magdalen in his usual impressionistic style, with an effective use of splashes of colour and careful use of lighting. Born near Ripon in Yorkshire, Mayor was educated at St Edmund's School Canterbury where he excelled both at drawing and cricket. The former became his profession and he began with a studio in Chiswick shared with Frank Brangwyn. In 1886 he followed the well-trodden path of spending time in Paris, studying at the Academie Julian, and also meeting Wilson Steer and Walter Sickert who influenced his work and were lifelong friends of his. In 1888 at the age of just twenty-one a painting of his was accepted at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1899 he moved to join the artists' colony in Staithes, Yorkshire, where other artists included Harold and Dame Laura Knight. He met, and subsequently married, another artist - Sheffield-born Hannah Hoyland. Married life began by eloping to Montreuil-sur-Mer in northern France where Mayor developed his characteristic impressionistic style. He died in 1916 whilst undergoing a routine operation for asthma, which was required before he could become a war artist. -
G. Cooper
Oriel College, Oxford
Watercolour 27 x 35 cm A view of Oriel's Second Quad, featuring the Wyatt Building on the left. Designed in the Neoclassical style by James Wyatt, it was built between 1788 and 1796 when the College's library doubled in size thanks to a generous gift by Edward, Baron Leigh, formerly High Steward of the university and an alumnus of Oriel. The building has rusticated arches on the ground floor and a row of Ionic columns above, dividing the façade into seven bays. Cooper's watercolour focuses on the architectural merit of the building, highlighting the sandy tone of Oxford's famous Headington stone. Two figures in academic dress take part in a spirited discussion just outside the building. Condition: generally very good. -
George Frederick Nicholls (1850-1935)
Magdalen College from the Cherwell, Oxford
Watercolour 37x24cm Early twentieth century. Born in Great Saughall in Cheshire - and dying in Chester - he subsequently lived in Worcestershire and Oxfordshire. Many of his paintings are of the Cotswolds and Oxford, and he is best known for his topographical paintings. He painted the illustrations for a series of county books for A & C Black, including Cornwall (1915) and Cotswolds (1920). If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
G. Cooper
St. Mary's Church, Oxford
Etching c. 1820 40x47cm From The Oxford Portfolio a series of thirteen views printed on Sepia paper, very rare. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
George Pyne (1800-1884) Exeter College, Oxford
Watercolour 22x18.5cm Pyne was the elder son of William Henry Pyne, the publisher artist behind the monumental History of the Royal Residences, and son-in-law of John Varley – two founders of the Society of Painters in Watercolours. Living in Oxford from the 1850s until his death, he brought the hand of an architectural draughtsman to his views of Oxford, the works for which he is best known, but with an artist’s ability to represent the romance of old stone. His views of Cambridge and Eton also contribute to his valuable and historical record of the period. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally excellent condition. -
George Pyne (1800-1884)
Merton College, Oxford
Watercolour 18 x 28 cm (7 x 11 in.) Provenance: Agnews -
George Pyne
Peckwater Quad, Christ Church, Oxford
Watercolour 13x18cm 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. -
George Pyne (1800-1884) Panoramic View of Oxford (1849)
Watercolour 18.5x28cm Pyne was the elder son of William Henry Pyne, the publisher artist behind the monumental History of the Royal Residences, and son-in-law of John Varley – two founders of the Society of Painters in Watercolours. Living in Oxford from the 1850s until his death, he brought the hand of an architectural draughtsman to his views of Oxford, the works for which he is best known, but with an artist’s ability to represent the romance of old stone. His views of Cambridge and Eton also contribute to his valuable and historical record of the period. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Very good. Signed l/right 'G Pyne 1849'. -
Hubert Hennes (b.1907)
New College, Oxford
Watercolour 30x42cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Hubert Hennes (b. 1907)
New College, Oxford (sketch)
Crayon and watercolour Signed 14x21cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Sir Hugh Casson (1910-1999)
Magdalen Bridge Oxford
Lithographic print unsigned. Provenance: the artist’s estate. 28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in) From Casson’s ever-popular Oxford 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. -
Sir Hugh Casson (1910-1999)
Oriel College Oxford
Lithographic print signed in pencil, artist's proof print aside from the numbered series of 500. Provenance: the artist's estate. 28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in) From Casson's ever-popular Oxford 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. -
Sir Hugh Casson (1910-1999)
Oriel College Oxford
Lithographic print signed in pencil and numbered 1/500. Provenance: the artist's estate. 28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in) From Casson's ever-popular Oxford series of prints. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here to see other posters from this series and for more information on Wings for Victory campaigns. -
Sir Hugh Casson CH, KCVO, PRA, RDI (1910-1999) St John’s College, Oxford, Canterbury Quad Signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘1988’ (on a label attached to the backboard) Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour 10.5 x 27cm (4 1/8 x 10 5/8in). Painted for inclusion in Hugh Casson’s Oxford (Phaidon Press Ltd, 1988). 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.
