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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
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. -
William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Clarendon Building Oxford (1906)
Lithograph, signed lower left, with Stafford Gallery blindstamp 32 x 26cm Click here for biography and other works by this artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Christ Church, Oxford (1906)
Lithograph, with Stafford Gallery blindstamp 35.5x27cm Click here for biography and other works by this artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Merton College, Oxford (1906)
Lithograph, signed lower left, with Stafford Gallery blindstamp 33.5 x 24.5cm Click here for biography and other works by this artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Garden Front with Chapel, Wadham College, Oxford (1906)
Lithograph, signed lower left, with Stafford Gallery blindstamp 29.5 x 33 cm (11.5 x 13 in.) Click here for biography and other works by this artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Anonymous
Oxford Wings for Victory Poster Design
56x38cm 62x44cm including hand-finished black frame. Gouache on paper c. 1943 Click here to see other posters from this series and for more information on Wings for Victory campaigns. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: excellent, framed. -
James Greig (1861-1941)
Magdalen College, Oxford
Watercolour 28 x 38.5cm (11 x 15 in.) Greig was born in Arbroath, moving in 1891 to London to study art and furthering his education in Paris between 1895 and 1896. Returning to London he produced magazine illustrations for publications such as Punch and The Sketch in black and white. He was art critic for the Morning Post, showing his skills at writing as an historian, also editing the diaries of the landscape painter Joseph Farington (1747-1821) and publishing articles on Gainsborough and Raeburn. Elected Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1898 he was renowned for his colourful landscapes of the middle east and his views of Oxford. He also designed posters for Union Castle Line and P&O. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Matthison (1853-1926)
Christ Church Oxford Staircase
Watercolour 38 x 25 cm Matthison was born near Birmingham and attended King Edward’s School in the city. He learned drawing at the Birmingham Central School of Art and then became a pupil of Birmingham artist Edward Watson. He became a professional artist in 1875 and moved to Oxfordshire a few years after; this was where he had the opportunity to produce many of the Oxford views for which he is known today. In 1902 he moved to Park Town in Oxford and was commissioned by Robert Peel to paint more than seventy views of the University of Oxford, which were subsequently made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of Pembroke Street (a long-since closed business). Raphael Tuck & Sons also commissioned him to produce postcard scenes of Cambridge. Matthison’s views of Oxford were later printed in Fifty Watercolour Drawings of Oxford, published in 1912 by Alden & Co. Click here for other works by the artist. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Matthison (1853-1926)
Trinity Front Quad with Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Watercolour 36.5 x 26cm Matthison was born near Birmingham and attended King Edward’s School in the city. He learned drawing at the Birmingham Central School of Art and then became a pupil of Birmingham artist Edward Watson. He became a professional artist in 1875 and moved to Oxfordshire a few years after; this was where he had the opportunity to produce many of the Oxford views for which he is known today. In 1902 he moved to Park Town in Oxford and was commissioned by Robert Peel to paint more than seventy views of the University of Oxford, which were subsequently made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of Pembroke Street (a long-since closed business). Raphael Tuck & Sons also commissioned him to produce postcard scenes of Cambridge. Matthison’s views of Oxford were later printed in Fifty Watercolour Drawings of Oxford, published in 1912 by Alden & Co. Click here for other works by the artist. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
M. Oliver Rae (1868-1956)
Wadham College, Oxford
Etching Click here for biographical details and other pictures by the artist. 11x8cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Matthison (1853-1926)
Oriel Street, Oxford and St. Mary's Church
Watercolour 26 x 17 cm Matthison was born near Birmingham and attended King Edward’s School in the city. He learned drawing at the Birmingham Central School of Art and then became a pupil of Birmingham artist Edward Watson. He became a professional artist in 1875 and moved to Oxfordshire a few years after; this was where he had the opportunity to produce many of the Oxford views for which he is known today. In 1902 he moved to Park Town in Oxford and was commissioned by Robert Peel to paint more than seventy views of the University of Oxford, which were subsequently made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of Pembroke Street (a long-since closed business). Raphael Tuck & Sons also commissioned him to produce postcard scenes of Cambridge. Matthison’s views of Oxford were later printed in Fifty Watercolour Drawings of Oxford, published in 1912 by Alden & Co. Click here for other works by the artist. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Matthison (1853-1926)
Exeter and Balliol from the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Watercolour 26 x 17 cm Matthison was born near Birmingham and attended King Edward’s School in the city. He learned drawing at the Birmingham Central School of Art and then became a pupil of Birmingham artist Edward Watson. He became a professional artist in 1875 and moved to Oxfordshire a few years after; this was where he had the opportunity to produce many of the Oxford views for which he is known today. In 1902 he moved to Park Town in Oxford and was commissioned by Robert Peel to paint more than seventy views of the University of Oxford, which were subsequently made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of Pembroke Street (a long-since closed business). Raphael Tuck & Sons also commissioned him to produce postcard scenes of Cambridge. Matthison’s views of Oxford were later printed in Fifty Watercolour Drawings of Oxford, published in 1912 by Alden & Co. Click here for other works by the artist. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Matthison (1853-1926)
The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Watercolour 18 x 28 cm Matthison was born near Birmingham and attended King Edward's School in the city. He learned drawing at the Birmingham Central School of Art and then became a pupil of Birmingham artist Edward Watson. He became a professional artist in 1875 and moved to Oxfordshire a few years after; this was where he had the opportunity to produce many of the Oxford views for which he is known today. In 1902 he moved to Park Town in Oxford and was commissioned by Robert Peel to paint more than seventy views of the University of Oxford, which were subsequently made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of Pembroke Street (a long-since closed business). Raphael Tuck & Sons also commissioned him to produce postcard scenes of Cambridge. Matthison's views of Oxford were later printed in Fifty Watercolour Drawings of Oxford, published in 1912 by Alden & Co. Click here for other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
William Matthison (1853-1926)
All Saints Church and Carfax in the Evening, Oxford
Watercolour 25 x 17 cm Matthison was born near Birmingham and attended King Edward's School in the city. He learned drawing at the Birmingham Central School of Art and then became a pupil of Birmingham artist Edward Watson. He became a professional artist in 1875 and moved to Oxfordshire a few years after; this was where he had the opportunity to produce many of the Oxford views for which he is known today. In 1902 he moved to Park Town in Oxford and was commissioned by Robert Peel to paint more than seventy views of the University of Oxford, which were subsequently made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of Pembroke Street (a long-since closed business). Raphael Tuck & Sons also commissioned him to produce postcard scenes of Cambridge. Matthison's views of Oxford were later printed in Fifty Watercolour Drawings of Oxford, published in 1912 by Alden & Co. Click here for other works by the artist. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Anonymous
Oxford Wings for Victory Poster Design IV
c.1943 Gouache on paper 70 x 51 cm 89 x 68 cm including hand-finished frame, UK shipping only Click here to see other posters from this series. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
Anonymous
Oxford Wings for Victory Poster Design II
c.1943 Gouache on paper 63 x 50 cm 81x66cm including hand-finished frame, UK shipping only Click here to see other posters from this series. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
Percy Drake Brookshaw (1907-1993) Boat Race
Lithograph in colours, 1937 25 x 30cm (10 x 12.5 inches) Vintage Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race poster from 1937. These small posters were designed to be utilised on buses. Born in Southwark and educated at the Central Schools of Arts and Crafts, Drake Brookshaw was a renowned designer for the Underground Group and London Transport between 1928 and 1958. His wonderful posters evoke a feeling of movement, and probably none more so than this one as the seven visible men strain on their oars. His clever use of colour includes both light blue for Cambridge, and dark blue for Oxford. If you are interested in something similar, or have something similar to sell email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Alfred Daniels RBA RWS (1924-2015) All Souls, Oxford Signed and dated 1998. Watercolour 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9.5 in.) 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.
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Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe KBE RA FRIBA (1882-1974)
Heraldic Design for a carpet for the Senior Common Room, St John’s College Oxford
Watercolour and ink Signed and inscribed Provenance: The estate of Bernard Bumpus If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. 37x46cm (14.5×18.1 inches) Maufe designed buildings for his old Oxford College, St John’s, over an extended period, starting with two memorial slabs in 1923, and was made honorary fellow in 1943. His most major works were the Rawlinson Building extension (1933) and Dolphin Quad (1947). This design relates to the 1936 remodelling of the smoking room of the Senior Common Room. Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. -
James Priddey (1916-1980) FRSA RBSA
Merton College, Oxford
Watercolour and ink 35 x 42cm (13.7×16.5 in.) If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. A Birmingham-based artist, educated at the Birmingham College of Art and member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Priddey had a very distinctive style which he applied to his topographical watercolours. -
R. Phene-Spiers (1838 – 1916)
Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford
Signed and inscribed and dated 1880 Watercolour on paper 37x25cm (14.5×9.8 in.) Spiers was educated as an engineer at King’s College, London. Subsequently he was Master of the Architectural School at the RA, and was President of the Architectural Association from 1867-68. -
Richard Beer (1928-2017)
Wadham College, Oxford (1964-65)
Colour etching and Aquatint on Velin Arches by Editions Alecto. 59.8x40cm (23.5×15.7 inches) Proof Print A copy of this print is in the Government Art Collection. Click here for biography and other works by this artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Robert Tavener (1920-2004) Magdalen College, Oxford (artist’s proof) Signed Screenprint 69×48 cm (27.1×18.8 inches) Framed in a gilt frame 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.
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John Piper (1903–1992)
Exeter College, Oxford (1977)
Screenprint Signed in pencil 81.9x61cm (32.2x24 inches) One of Piper's largest and most impressive prints, here featuring Gilbert Scott's chapel at Exeter. It is often claimed that Gilbert Scott based it on Paris's Sainte Chapelle. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: slight even age toning to paper, small area of repair to print. -
Richard Beer (1928-2017)
Christchurch, Oxford (1964-65)
Signed and titled, and numbered 24/100 Colour etching and aquatint on Velin Arches, published by Editions Alecto 64x48cm Click here for biography and other works by this artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Richard Beer (1928-2017)
Magdalen Bridge, Oxford (1964-65)
Signed, titled and numbered 56/150 Etching and aquatint 57.5 x 44cm Click here for biography and other works by this artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. -
William Logsdail (1859-1944)
Trinity College Gateway, Oxford
Oil on canvas Signed W Logsdail (lower right) 37 x 29.5 cm (14.5 x 11.5 in) Biographical details and other works by Logsdail may be found by clicking here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Logsdail's skill at painting old stonework is particularly clear here, the crumbling stonework of the gateway has been created through the blending of a large spectrum of colours, creating a very realistic effect. -
Joseph Murray Ince (1806-1859) (attributed)
Balliol College, Oxford
Oil on board 22.5x29cm (9 x 11.5 in.) In a fine hand-finished black and gilt frame. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Brought up in Radnorshire, in Wales, Ince studied under David Cox from 1823-1826, and then exhibited at the Royal Academy. He was a drawing master at Cambridge University during the 1830s, during which period he painted many views of the Colleges of both Oxford and Cambridge, returning to Radnorshire in 1835. His works are in the collections of major galleries including the Tate, The V&A and The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. -
Alfred Daniels RBA RWS (1924-2015) All Souls, Oxford Acrylic on paper In a hand-finished white frame. 22x29.5cm (8.6x11.6 inches) 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.