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J Sawyer (British, 20th Century) Keble College, Oxford
watercolour 25x17cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
David Loggan (1634-1692)
Scholae Theologicae Oxford
Engraving (1675) 34x41cm To view biographical details and other prints by Loggan click here. Condition: Generally good condition, short edge tears and staining to margins outside platemark. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
David Loggan (1634-1692)
All Souls College, Oxford
Engraving (1675) with later hand colouring 30x40cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
James Basire II (1769 - 1822) after Edward Dayes (1763 - 1804)
Magdalen Tower and Bridge etc. (1797)
Engraving 35 x 44 cm An engraving illustrating the pinnacles of Magdalen Tower and the Bridge below. 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. Edward Dayes was an English watercolour painter and mezzotint engraver. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1786, when he showed a portrait and views of Waltham Cross and Canterbury. In the three following years he exhibited both miniatures and landscapes. He continued to exhibit at the Academy regularly until the year of his death, contributing a total of 64 works. He also exhibited at the Society of Artists, and worked as draughtsman to the Duke of York and Albany. Condition: generally good; some age toning within margins. 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. -
John Dadley (1767 - 1817) after Edward Dayes (1763 - 1804)
Front View of Christ Church (1796)
Engraving 33 x 45 cm An engraving illustrating the magnificent facade of Christ Church from St Aldate's, dominated by Tom Tower. John Dadley was a British portraitist and engraver. Edward Dayes was an English watercolour painter and mezzotint engraver. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1786, when he showed a portrait and views of Waltham Cross and Canterbury. In the three following years he exhibited both miniatures and landscapes. He continued to exhibit at the Academy regularly until the year of his death, contributing a total of 64 works. He also exhibited at the Society of Artists, and worked as draughtsman to the Duke of York and Albany. Condition: generally very good; some age toning to margins. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Christ Church. -
David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
The Divinity School, Oxford (1675)
Engraving 33 x 41 cm David Loggan's view of Oxford's medieval Divinity School, which was once the beating heart of theological studies at the University. Of particular interest here is the trompe l'oeil scroll of torn paper which frames the view. 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 (born 1956) has produced a highly-acclaimed series of etchings which bring Loggan’s original vision up to date. Condition: trimmed within platemark and mounted to board, otherwise in very good condition. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other general views of Oxford. -
Anonymous
Oxford High Street (c.1840)
Pencil & wash on paper 18x23cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.ukor call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. -
David Loggan (1634-1692)
Aula Novi Hospitii
Engraving, 1675 25x36cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
David Loggan (1634-1692)
St Edmund Hall Oxford
Engraving (1675) 25x35cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
David Loggan (1634-1692)
Hart Hall Oxford, now Hertford College (Aula Cervinia)
Engraving (1675) 28x39cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
David Loggan (1634-1692)
Hall of the Blessed Virgin Oxford Engraving 25x35cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
David Loggan (1634-1692)
St Alban's Hall, Oxford
Engraving, 1675 25x35cm Now a part of Merton College 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. -
James Priddey (1916-1980) FRSA RBSA
Durham Cathedral Lithograph
27 x 36cm A Birmingham-based artist, educated at the Birmingham College of Art and a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Priddey has a very distinctive style which he applies to his topographical watercolours. This striking view of Durham illustrates the city's river and cathedral. Condition: mounted to board. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.