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Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
The Fellows' Garden, University College, Oxford (1991)
Lithograph 28 x 38 cm Signed, titled and dated in plate, and numbered 249/500 and signed lower right in pencil. Casson's view of University College's Fellows' Garden. Members of the College sit or stroll, books in hand. 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’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of University College, Oxford. -
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. -
Hugh Casson
Trinity College, Oxford
Lithographic proof print signed in pencil, aside from the limited edition 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)
Worcester College Oxford
Signed in pencil, lithographic proof print aside from the limited edition 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. -
David Gentleman (born 1930)
Wolfson College, Oxford (1976)
Lithograph 33 x 46 cm A view of Wolfson College by David Gentleman. The modernist college emerges from between lush greenery and a bright blue sky. Gentleman produced this view in 1975, and it was published a year later in the "Oxford Almanack". The Oxford Almanack was an annual almanac published by the Oxford University Press for the University of Oxford from 1674 through 2019 (when printing sadly ceased due to "dwindling interest"). The almanac traditionally included engravings or lithographs of the University and information about the upcoming year. Other almanac artists have included James Basire, Michael Burghers, J. M. W. Turner, and John Piper. David Gentleman is an English artist. He studied art and painting at the Royal College of Art under Edward Bawden and John Nash, and produced several views of Oxford colleges for the Oxford Almanac. Condition: very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Roland Vivian Pitchforth RA ARWS (1895 - 1982)
The Dining Hall, St Anne's College
Lithograph 33 x 46 cm A lithograph of St Anne's, from a drawing by Roland Vivian Pitchforth. The artist captures the Dining Hall of the college on a blustery day. The modernist dining hall was built in 1959. Pitchforth's drawing was reproduced as a lithograph in 1962, to be published in the "Oxford Almanack". The Oxford Almanack was an annual almanac published by the Oxford University Press for the University of Oxford from 1674 through 2019 (when printing sadly ceased due to "dwindling interest"). The almanac traditionally included engravings or lithographs of the University and information about the upcoming year. Other almanac artists have included James Basire, Michael Burghers, J. M. W. Turner, and John Piper. Roland Vivian Pitchforth was an English painter, teacher and an official British war artist during the Second World War. Condition: very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Paul Hogarth
St Peter's College, Oxford (1982)
Lithograph 33 x 46 cm A lithograph of St Peter's, from a line and wash painting by Paul Hogarth. Hogarth's view shows Linton Quad, with the chapel on the right; the chapel was built in 1874 and incorporated some of the stone of an earlier church on the site. Dons and undergraduates pace across the quad, and birds fly over the Latter Building and past the city's dreaming spires. Hogarth's line and wash painting was reproduced as a lithograph in 1982, to be published in the "Oxford Almanack". The Oxford Almanack was an annual almanac published by the Oxford University Press for the University of Oxford from 1674 through 2019 (when printing sadly ceased due to "dwindling interest"). The almanac traditionally included engravings or lithographs of the University and information about the upcoming year. Other almanac artists have included James Basire, Michael Burghers, J. M. W. Turner, and John Piper. Condition: very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
James Basire II (1769 - 1822) after Edward Dayes (1763 - 1804)
A View of the Theatre, Printing House, & c. (1800)
Engraving 36 x 49 cm A view of Broad Street, showing the Clarendon Building, Sheldonian Theatre, and what is now the Museum of the History of Science. Edward Dayes' drawing was reproduced as a lithograph in 1800, to be published in 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. Edward Dayes was a British painter and engraver. He exhibited topographical views at the Royal Academy from 1786 until his death, and is the author of an ''Excursion through Derbyshire and Yorkshire,'' ''Essays on Painting; Instructions for Drawing and Colouring Landscapes'', and ''Professional Sketches of Modem Artists''. James Basire II was a British engraver, son of James Basire I, also a celebrated engraver. In 1802 he became Engraver to the Society of Antiquaries. Condition: some browning, as visible in photograph. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
John Newberry RWS (b. 1934)
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford (1979)
Watercolour 18x27cm Newberry read Architecture at Cambridge and then Fine Art at Newcastle. For many years he taught at the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
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. -
Brendan Neiland (b. 1941) R.A. (Expelled)
Cherwell Bridge
Screenprint 53 x 34 cm Signed, titled, and numbered 43 / 175 in pencil. A screenprint of Oxford’s beauteous Cherwell Bridge in University Parks, reflected in the glassy surface of the river. Reflected architecture is one of Neiland’s most recurring themes. Neiland's work is widely exhibited in major museums and galleries worldwide including, in Britain, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Tate Gallery London, The Collections of the British Council, and the Arts Council of Great Britain. He is represented by the Redfern Gallery and has had numerous shows internationally, including at the Galerie Belvedere in Singapore, who represent him in Singapore and the Far East. Condition: very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Williams (Welsh, fl. 1724-1733) Jesus College, Oxford
Engraving c. 1732 for Oxonia Depicta (pub. London 1732-33) 43x44cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Fair, gentle staining towards top and usual handling marks to margins, as illustrated. -
William Williams (Welsh, fl. 1724-1733) Christ Church, Oxford
Engraving c. 1732 for Oxonia Depicta (pub. London 1732-33) 41x60cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Fair, gentle staining towards top and usual handling marks to margins, as illustrated. -
Brendon Neiland (b. 1941) Peckwater Christ Church 74/195
Screen print 68.5x56cm Here he surreally captures Peckwater Quad in Christchurch, experimenting with pictorial structure with vivacious dashes of blue, orange and yellow. It is emblematic of his later work that increasingly uses bold and dynamic colour palettes. 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. Condition: Excellent. -
Brendon Neiland (b. 1941) Tom Tower Christ Church 38/195 Screenprint 66x58cm Here he surreally captures rippling reflection of Tom Tower in Christchurch. The style is emblematic of his later work that increasingly uses bold and dynamic colour palettes. 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. Condition: Excellent. -
Brendon Neiland (b. 1941) Gilbert Scott's Rose Window Christ Church Oxford 106/195
Screenprint 66x58cm Here Neiland captures the colours of the new window installed in the cathedral by George Gilbert Scott (Junior) c. 1870. The style is emblematic of his later work that increasingly uses bold and dynamic colour palettes. 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. Condition: Excellent. -
Brendon Neiland (b. 1941) Alice's Garden Oxford 50/195
Screenprint 66.5x57cm Here he surreally captures rippling reflection of Tom Tower in Christchurch. The style is emblematic of his later work that increasingly uses bold and dynamic colour palettes. 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. Condition: Excellent. -
Michael Angelo Rooker (1743/6 - 1801)
Magdalen College from the North Side of the First Quadrangle (1778)
Engraving 32.5 x 46 cm A copy of this print is held by the Wellcome Collection. 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. Condition: generally good. Later hand colouring. From an entire Almanac page, cut down. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Magdalen College, Oxford. -
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.
