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James Fittler (1758-1835) after George Robertson (1748-1788)
North West View of Windsor Castle in the County of Berks (1782)
47x58cm London: Published by John Boydell Fittler engraved two views of Windsor by Robertson. Trained at Royal Academy Schools, he was a skilled engraver and etcher and joined the mid-18th century trend for recording the landscape of the British Isles, producing and selling prints to tourists. A copy of this print is in the National Trust's collection at Anglesea Abbey, from Lord Fairhaven's extraordinary collection of views of Windsor Castle. -
John Chessel Buckler (1793-1894)
The Nave of Westminster Abbey
Watercolour Signed, Titled and dated 1810 25x17 cm Click here for other works by Buckler and biographical detail. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Angela Stones (1914-1995) Holy Trinity Brompton Church
Watercolour 31x41 cm Signed 'Angela Stones' Stones was a member of an artistic dynasty. Her mother Dorothy Bradshaw (1893-1983) studied under Jack Merriott - the artist famous for his British Rail posters, and her son, Christopher Assheton-Stones (1947-1999) was probably the foremost pastel artist of his time. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Julian Trevelyan (1910-1988)
Father Thames (1969)
Etching and aquatint, signed, numbered 53/75 35x48cm 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 Alistair MacDonald (1861-1948)
Middle Temple Lane, London
Signed Watercolour 26x17cm The buildings of Middle Temple Lane were constructed between 1684 and 1780. MacDonald is best known for his scenes of London landmarks. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Colin Moss (1914 - 2005)
The Cedars, Kensington
Watercolour and gouache 57 x 40 cm Signed and dated '50 lower right. Moss' view of the Cedars, complete with passers-by and a stormy, jagged sky. Colin Moss was a noted British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and teacher who served as a camoufleur during the Second World War. Moss was born in Ipswich but grew up in Plymouth following the death of his father at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. Moss studied at the Plymouth Art School from 1930 to 1934 and then went on to the Royal College of Art, where he studied under Gilbert Spencer and Charles Mahoney. He worked on murals for the British Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. During the war, Moss made a series of watercolours depicting his time as a camoufleur. He had designed the camouflage scheme for Stonebridge Power Station in Wembley, and produced several watercolours of the camouflaged structure. These pictures, as well as several others painted during his WWII deployment, are now held by the Imperial War Museum, having been purchased by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. In 1947 Moss' military service ended, and he became a teacher at the Ipswich School of Art. He had solo exhibitions at the Kensington Art Gallery in 1951 and the Zwemmer Gallery in 1955, and his work began to be acquired by the national collections. He became a founder member of the New Ipswich Art Group in 1958, and the Six in Suffolk Group in 1976. In the 1970s he exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Watercolour Society, and retrospective exhibitions of his work were held at various British art galleries throughout the 1980s. He continued to hold numerous solo exhibitions after his retirement, and taught artists Brian Eno and Maggi Hambling. Provenance: "Britain in Watercolours" exhibition. Condition: excellent. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Derek Wicrow
The Telecinema - Telekinema - National Film Theatre Southbank (1957)
Pencil drawing, squared for transfer. 40x51cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. The Telecinema was built for the 1951 Festival of Britain, situated between Waterloo Station and the Royal Festival Hall. Whilst press releases referred to the Telecinema, the outside of the building proclaimed Telekinema. Wells Coates were the architect, creating - in the words of Today's Cinema - "A fly-away linear design [with a ] gay façade and bold modern stare". Seating 410 people it was the first cinema in Britain with both 3D sound - provided by an array of speakers behind the screen and allowing the sound to come from the direction of the person speaking - and 3D vision. It was demolished in 1957 when the National Film Theatre moved to its current location - renamed in 2007 as BFI Southbank.
The interior of the Telecinema
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Louis Osman FRIBA (1914 - 1996)
Proposal for St John's Smith Square (1953)
Watercolour 62 x 37 cm Signed in red crayon lower right. Louis Osman's proposal for the post-war, post-bombing redevelopment of St John's church on Smith Square. Osman had envisioned an interior with a ceiling painted by Picasso; sadly, this project was never executed. The church was bombed in 1941 and gutted by fire; subsequently, the church was a ruin open to the sky for over 20 years. It was saved by Lady Parker of Waddington, who formed the Friends of St John's in 1962 to raise money and restore the church to its former glory - a reconstruction in the style of the church's original architect, Thomas Archer. Osman was as much an artist as an architect. This is likely a portfolio piece from his time studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and is as such a piece of architectural history as well as a beautiful Osman design. Osman was awarded a First Class degree and the Donaldson Medal of the RIBA (for the best result in his year group) by the Bartlett, and then went on to the Slade School of Art. He subsequently trained with Sir Albert Richardson - we also have several Richardson works in our collection. After the war, Osman busied himself as an architect. His work included contributions to Westminster Abbey, and Lincoln, Exeter, Ely, and Lichfield Cathedrals, Staunton Harold Church in Ashby de la Zouch for the National Trust, and of course his folly: the Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house, Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire, now a National Trust property. At Canons Ashby he established a workshop and had a team of silversmiths and goldsmiths working for him. In 1976 he made the gold enamelled coffin that holds the copy of the Magna Carta on view in the United States Capitol, Washington, DC. Condition: generally very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Louis Osman FRIBA (1914 - 1996)
Proposal details for St John's Smith Square (1953)
Watercolour 74 x 46 cm Signed in red crayon lower right. Details from Louis Osman's proposal for the post-war, post-bombing redevelopment of St John's church on Smith Square. Osman had envisioned an interior with a ceiling painted by Picasso; sadly, this project was never executed. The church was bombed in 1941 and gutted by fire; subsequently, the church was a ruin open to the sky for over 20 years. It was saved by Lady Parker of Waddington, who formed the Friends of St John's in 1962 to raise money and restore the church to its former glory - a reconstruction in the style of the church's original architect, Thomas Archer. Osman was as much an artist as an architect. This is likely a portfolio piece from his time studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and is as such a piece of architectural history as well as a beautiful Osman design. Osman was awarded a First Class degree and the Donaldson Medal of the RIBA (for the best result in his year group) by the Bartlett, and then went on to the Slade School of Art. He subsequently trained with Sir Albert Richardson - we also have several Richardson works in our collection. After the war, Osman busied himself as an architect. His work included contributions to Westminster Abbey, and Lincoln, Exeter, Ely, and Lichfield Cathedrals, Staunton Harold Church in Ashby de la Zouch for the National Trust, and of course his folly: the Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house, Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire, now a National Trust property. At Canons Ashby he established a workshop and had a team of silversmiths and goldsmiths working for him. In 1976 he made the gold enamelled coffin that holds the copy of the Magna Carta on view in the United States Capitol, Washington, DC. Condition: generally very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Louis Osman FRIBA (1914 - 1996)
Proposal for St John's Smith Square (1953)
Watercolour 70 x 52 cm Signed in red crayon lower right. Louis Osman's proposal for the post-war, post-bombing redevelopment of St John's church on Smith Square. Osman had envisioned an interior with a ceiling painted by Picasso; sadly, this project was never executed. The church was bombed in 1941 and gutted by fire; subsequently, the church was a ruin open to the sky for over 20 years. It was saved by Lady Parker of Waddington, who formed the Friends of St John's in 1962 to raise money and restore the church to its former glory - a reconstruction in the style of the church's original architect, Thomas Archer. Osman was as much an artist as an architect. This is likely a portfolio piece from his time studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and is as such a piece of architectural history as well as a beautiful Osman design. Osman was awarded a First Class degree and the Donaldson Medal of the RIBA (for the best result in his year group) by the Bartlett, and then went on to the Slade School of Art. He subsequently trained with Sir Albert Richardson - we also have several Richardson works in our collection. After the war, Osman busied himself as an architect. His work included contributions to Westminster Abbey, and Lincoln, Exeter, Ely, and Lichfield Cathedrals, Staunton Harold Church in Ashby de la Zouch for the National Trust, and of course his folly: the Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house, Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire, now a National Trust property. At Canons Ashby he established a workshop and had a team of silversmiths and goldsmiths working for him. In 1976 he made the gold enamelled coffin that holds the copy of the Magna Carta on view in the United States Capitol, Washington, DC. Condition: generally very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Uxbridge Station Poster c.1930 Printed by HMSO
Lithograph 100x62cm This four coloured lithograph was printed in extremely limited numbers for London Transport by HMSO. These maps detailed station entrances and were placed along the underground network to inform commuters exactly where they were in London. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very good, slight bruising to the very edges in places, and a little touching in of the red border. -
Walter Ernest Spradbery (1889 - 1969)
Temple Church and Library after Bombardment (1944)
Lithograph 66 x 57 cm Walter Spradbery's poster for the London Underground depicting a bombed Temple Church; a rainbow strikes hopefully out of the church's remains, and the sun shines on the golden stone of the building. The full poster bears the legend 'The Proud City' above Spradbery's design, and, beneath it, a quote from Charles Lamb: 'So may the winged horse, your ancient badge and cognisance, still flourish!'. This is a fantastic piece of British and London history, as well as a fantastically designed poster by a notable 20th century artist. The London Transport Museum has a copy of the poster, reference 1983/4/5751. 'The Proud City' was a series of six posters, all designed by Spradbery. They were commissioned by London Transport in 1944 as a defiant celebration of London's surviving the Blitz, and each poster also included a literary quotation. Walter Ernest Spradbery was a designer, painter, and poet who lived through the First and Second World Wars. He produced posters for LNER, Southern Railways, and London Transport, and was noted for his fascination with architecture and landscape. He studied, and later taught, at the Walthamstow School of Art. He was a pacifist and campaigned for nuclear disarmament, serving in the Medical Corps during the First World War and painting scenes of warfare for its duration, as well as during the Second World War. His anti-war stance and the horrors he had witnessed as a medic fed into his post-war poster design, especially 'The Proud City' poster series. Condition: generally very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Violet Hilda Drummond
The Tower of London
Watercolour 33 x 42 cm An evocative view of the Thames and The Tower in Drummond's distinctive style. Provenance: The Arthur Andersen Collection, The Deloitte Collection. Click here for other works by the artist and biographical details. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Violet Hilda Drummond (British, 1911-2000)
St Paul's Cathedral
Watercolour 33 x 43 cm Signed upper right (visible in the photograph showing the framed painting). Provenance: the Arthur Andersen art collection. Here, the artist paints a sprightly view of St Paul's, which rises from a sea of nondescript traffic and pedestrians. The mostly monochrome palette, gently highlighted with a yellow wash and white details, communicates the character of the city. Drummond's father, a Scots Guard, was killed at Ypres in 1914. Drummond and her two sisters were brought up by her mother and educated in Eastbourne and at Le Chateau Vitry-sur-Seine, a Parisian finishing school. After Paris, Drummond attended St Martin’s School of Art. Later in life, she began writing children’s picture books – the most notable being Miss Anna Truly (1945) and her Little Laura series (1960 onwards). She also produced cartoons for the BBC. 'Mrs Easter and the Stork' – published in 1957 by Faber & Faber – was awarded the Kate Greenway Medal. Drummond later took to painting watercolours of London street scenes which have remained popular ever since. -
Violet Hilda Drummond (British, 1911-2000)
Westminster Abbey
Watercolour 33 x 43 cm Signed lower right. Here, the artist paints a sprightly view of Westminster Abbey, which rises from a sea of nondescript pedestrians. The mostly monochrome palette, gently highlighted with splashes of a muted red, and white details, communicates the character of the city. Drummond's father, a Scots Guard, was killed at Ypres in 1914. Drummond and her two sisters were brought up by her mother and educated in Eastbourne and at Le Chateau Vitry-sur-Seine, a Parisian finishing school. After Paris, Drummond attended St Martin’s School of Art. Later in life, she began writing children’s picture books – the most notable being Miss Anna Truly (1945) and her Little Laura series (1960 onwards). She also produced cartoons for the BBC. 'Mrs Easter and the Stork' – published in 1957 by Faber & Faber – was awarded the Kate Greenway Medal. Drummond later took to painting watercolours of London street scenes which have remained popular ever since. Provenance: the Arthur Andersen art collection.
