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Louis Osman (1914 - 1996)
Proposal for St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Pencil, pen, watercolour, &c. Five drawings: two on paper, 53 x 43 cm; three on board, 55 x 76 cm Provenance: artist's studio sale A set of unrealised architectural proposals for a brutalist extension of St Edmund Hall, circa 1960s. Osman imagined a tall cantilevered tower in the midst of the quadrangle, which would have been a striking interjection to the college's medieval fabric; other prominent features include a top-floor common room with a picture-window giving onto the Oxford skyline, a vaulted underground theatre, and a suite of well-appointed student accommodation. Condition: good, with occasional handling marks. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by the artist. -
Louis Osman (1914 - 1996)
Architectural Plans for Duntrune Castle
Pencil, watercolour, &c. 70 x 110 cm, plus larger and smaller Approximately 15 original drawings and 15 reproductions Provenance: artist's studio sale Louis Osman was appointed as the architect to oversee important works at Duntrune Castle; the drawings are undated, but likely date to the 1950s. Condition: as the roll comprises a set of working drawings, there are handling marks, scuffs, stains, and other various damage. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by the artist. -
Pembroke College, Cambridge (1998)
Watercolour 29 x 17 cm Signed lower right illegibly. Five characterful vignettes of Pembroke in bright watercolour. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Pembroke College, Cambridge. -
Andrew Ingamells (1956 - )
Brasenose College, Oxford
Etching 41 x 61 cm Numbered 76/175 lower left and signed lower right, both in pencil. Inspired by David Loggan’s 17th-century engraving of Brasenose, this view is part of Ingamells’ series of views of Oxford and Cambridge. It has long-since sold out from the publisher. Ingamells trained at St Albans School of Art and the London College of Printing, subsequently working as a graphic designer and illustrator. Based in London, he began making drawings of the buildings and landscapes of London. Ingamells’ work is in many public collections including those of the Tate Gallery, The National Trust, The Paul Mellon Centre for British Art, and the City of London Guildhall Library. His pictures are also in several private collections, including those of various Oxford and Cambridge colleges, HRH King Charles III, and Shell Oil. The artist is currently part-way through his epic project to record all the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, a project undertaken in homage to David Loggan. Condition: very good; small soft crease to top right corner which is essentially not noticeable. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Brasenose College, Oxford. -
Mabel Oliver Rae (1868 - 1956)
Queens' Bridge, Cambridge
Etching 13 x 9 cm Titled lower left and signed lower right in plate, and again in pencil outside plate. The college's famed Mathematical Bridge, which reflects in the ruffled waters of the River Cam. Kate Hillman of the Cambridge University Engineering Department notes that: "One of the most recognisable structures on the Cam, Queens' College bridge was originally built in 1749 by James Essex the Younger. Since then it has been rebuilt twice to the original design of William Etheridge, once in 1866 and again in 1905. In 1866 the bridge deck was changed from a stepped design to the current sloped deck. In 1905 a complete rebuild of the bridge was required due to weathering of the original oak structure. stories have suggested that a group of students (or professors, depending on the storyteller) disassembled the bridge to discover how it stood up and then couldn't put it back together. The bridge was supposedly then rebuilt using rather prominent bolts." It seems more likely that the bolts were put in to prevent these notional students from repeating their trick. Mabel Oliver Rae was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1888 and 1890. Rae is known for her skilled etchings of various rural scenes and townscapes, particularly those of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. She signed works with the pseudonym 'M.Oliver Rae', a ruse to conceal the fact she was a female artist, so as not to reduce her chances with commercial dealers and agents. Condition: very good; fractional toning to paper. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Queen's College, Cambridge. -
Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733), after David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
Christ's College, Cambridge (1727)
Engraving 13 x 17 cm An eighteenth-century view of Christ's College, Cambridge, 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: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Christ's College, Cambridge -
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Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - 1862)
The Library - Magdalen College
Hand-coloured aquatint 13 x 21 cm A nineteenth-century view of the Library of Magdalen College, Cambridge (spelled here as 'Magdalen' - in the 19th century, the spelling of the college's name was fixed as "Magdalene" with a final "e", to avoid confusion with Magdalen College, Oxford). The Pepys Library is the personal library collected by Samuel Pepys, which he bequeathed to Magdalene following his death in 1703. Richard Bankes Harraden was a printmaker, painter, and drawing master. He was active in Cambridge, producing many views of the colleges, and subsequently several Oxford colleges. Harraden was an early and exhibiting member of the Society of British Artists in London, which was established in 1823, and remained a member until 1849. He specialised in depictions of landscape, topography and architecture, and was the son of Richard Harraden (1756 - 1838) with whom he published plates as 'Harraden & Son'. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Magdalene College, Cambridge -
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - 1862)
Magdalen College
Hand-coloured aquatint 13 x 21 cm A nineteenth-century view of Magdalen College, Cambridge (spelled here as 'Magdalen' - in the 19th century, the spelling of the college's name was fixed as "Magdalene" with a final "e", to avoid confusion with Magdalen College, Oxford). Richard Bankes Harraden was a printmaker, painter, and drawing master. He was active in Cambridge, producing many views of the colleges, and subsequently several Oxford colleges. Harraden was an early and exhibiting member of the Society of British Artists in London, which was established in 1823, and remained a member until 1849. He specialised in depictions of landscape, topography and architecture, and was the son of Richard Harraden (1756 - 1838) with whom he published plates as 'Harraden & Son'. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Magdalene College, Cambridge. -
Charles Henri Toussaint (1849 - 1911)
Christ's College, Cambridge (1880)
Etching 21 x 17 cm Signed and dated 1880 in plate. An attractive etching of the Fellows' Garden at Christ's College, Cambridge. Charles Henri Toussaint was a French painter, illustrator and engraver known for his prints of architecture in Paris, historic towns in France, and English cities of architectural interest (including Oxford and Cambridge). He gained recognition at the Paris Salon in 1874. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Christ's College, Cambridge. -
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Cyril Power (1872 - 1951)
Christ's College, Cambridge
Etching 23 x 15 cm Cyril Power was an English artist. His father was the architect Edward William Power and encouraged him to practise architectural drawing. Power studied architecture and won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Sloane Medallion in 1900 for his design for an art school. He worked as an architect at the Ministry of Works and later lectured on architecture at Goldsmiths and what is now the Bartlett School of Architecture. His A History of English Mediaeval Architecture, a book of architectural illustrations and designs, was published in 1912. In 1918, Power met the artist Sybil Andrews, with whom he worked for two decades. He co-founded The Grosvenor School of Modern Art in 1922; he and Andrews attended Claude Flight's linocutting classes there. Linocut exhibitions followed at the Redfern Gallery and then further afield. Frank Pick, the Deputy Chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, commissioned Power and Andrews to design a series of posters for him after seeing their linocut work. In 1930 Power was elected member of the Royal Society of British Artists and established a studio with Andrews in Hammersmith close to the River Thames, a location which inspired many prints by both artists, most notably 'The Eight' by Power and 'Bringing in the Boat' by Sybil Andrews. Their first major joint exhibition was at the Redfern Gallery in 1933 which consisted of linocuts and monotypes. Condition: very good; fractional toning to paper. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Christ's College, Cambridge Titled and numbered 45/168 lower left and signed lower right, all in pencil. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
St John's College, Oxford (1989)
Lithograph 30 x 24 cm Casson's charming view of Canterbury Quad, St John's College, Oxford. 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; mounted to board. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of St John’s College, Oxford. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Brasenose College, Oxford
Lithograph 30 x 24 cm Casson's view of Brasenose, complete with many a bicycle. 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; mounted to board. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Brasenose College, Oxford. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lithograph 30 x 24 cm Casson's view of Lincoln Library from a bustling Turl Street. 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; mounted to board. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Lincoln College, Oxford. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
The Queen's College, Oxford
Lithograph 30 x 24 cm Casson's view of Queen's, with students heading out to the High Street. 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; mounted to board. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Queen's College, Oxford. -
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. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Christ Church, Oxford
Lithograph 30 x 24 cm Casson's view of a busy Christ Church. 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; mounted to board. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Christ Church. -
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - 1862)
Gate of Honour, Caius College (1810)
Etching 13 x 20 cm A nineteenth-century view of Christ's College, Cambridge, complete with Members of the College and a hound on the lawn. Richard Bankes Harraden was a printmaker, painter, and drawing master. He was active in Cambridge, producing many views of the colleges, and subsequently several Oxford colleges. Harraden was an early and exhibiting member of the Society of British Artists in London, which was established in 1823, and remained a member until 1849. He specialised in depictions of landscape, topography and architecture, and was the son of Richard Harraden (1756 - 1838) with whom he published plates as 'Harraden & Son'. Byrne was a London-born etcher and landscape painter, who was taught by her father, the etcher William Byrne. She and her father contributed etchings to the 'Magna Britannia' and 'Britannia Depicta', books illustrating the most interesting views in various English counties, published by Samuel Lysons in the late 1810s. Condition: very good; later hand coloured. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Gonville and Caius. -
Richard H Tyrell
Magdalen Tower, Oxford
Etching 15 x 10 cm A characterful depiction of Magdalen Tower from Magdalen Bridge, with horse-drawn carriages driving up the High. Condition: very good; fractional age toning. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Magdalen. -
The Holy Land - National Savings (1950)
Original vintage poster 100 x 76 cm This informative poster was produced to advertise the National Savings scheme and distributed to schools, where it might encourage from the classroom wall both knowledge of the Holy Land's sites and financial responsibility. Condition: generally very good; previously folded; pin holes to corners; tiny loss to top left corner; and a little creasing to very edges. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage National Savings posters. -
T B Miller St John's College, Oxford (1908)
Watercolour 35 x 25 cm Signed and dated 'after ? 1908' lower left and titled lower right in pencil (in artist's hand). Condition: generally very good; mounted to card. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of St John’s College, Oxford. -
Philip Martin (1927 - 2014)
Free School Lane, Cambridge
Watercolour 38 x 27 cm Signed lower left, titled below, and dated lower right, all in ink. A watercolour of the historic Free School Lane in central Cambridge, where, as in much of the city, architectural styles jostle and bikes nestle against black railings. Philip Martin read Architecture at Cambridge. Condition: generally very good; a little even toning to paper. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other general views of Cambridge. -
M Gerling
St John's College, Cambridge
Pen and ink 15 x 26 cm Titled, dated June 1885, and signed lower right, all in ink. Condition: generally very good; painted on card; slightly toned. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of St John’s College, Cambridge. -
Joseph Skelton (1783 - 1871) after George Vertue (1684 - 1756)
Founders & Benefactors of Pembroke College, with a View of the Buildings &c. (1818)
Engraving 21 x 24 cm A historic engraving of Pembroke's august founders and early architecture, which later formed part of the artist's 1828 'Pietas Oxoniensis, or Records of Oxford Founders'. George Vertue FSA was an English engraver and antiquary. He was apprenticed to a heraldic engraver in France, then worked for the Flemish engraver Michael Vandergucht before setting up on his own. He was also a student of the English portrait painter and copyist Thomas Gibson. He became the official engraver to the Society of Antiquaries when it was founded in 1717, and his patrons included several British aristocrats. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Joseph Skelton was an a topographical and antiquarian engraver. He lived in Oxford for a time and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His Oxford publications include the Oxonia Antiqua Illustrata; Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from drawings by F. Mackenzie; and the Pietas Oxoniensis, or Records of Oxford Founders. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Pembroke College, Oxford. -
Josep Artigas Ojeda (1919 - 1992)
Vevey, Switzerland (1958)
Original vintage poster 98 x 64 cm This original Swiss poster was designed for the Italian Department of Tourism and encourages us to visit charming and sun-drenched Vevey, where we might hike, swim, drink, and otherwise be at leisure. Josep Artigas Ojeda was a postwar poster designer from Spain. He designed his first posters for a graphic design company before the Spanish Civil War and designed banknotes during the war. He ran his own poster design studio between 1955 and 1965. Condition: generally very good; some spotting to sky, as visible in photographs. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage travel posters. -
David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
Wadham College, Oxford (1675)
Engraving 32 x 41 cm Loggan's view of Wadham from the 'Oxonia Illustrata'. 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: generally very good; central fold as issued. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Wadham College, Oxford. -
Joseph Skelton (1783 - 1871) after Frederick Mackenzie (1788 - 1854)
Brasenose College, Oxford with the Radcliffe Camera
Engraving 33 x 46 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). Frederick Mackenzie was a British watercolourist and architectural draughtsman. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1804, and contributed eleven drawings between that year and 1828. He contributed to the Society of Painters in Water Colours exhibitions from 1813, becoming an associate in 1822, and a full member the following year. From 30 November 1831 until, his death he was treasurer to the society. In later life Mackenzie was no longer commissioned to illustrate books. Joseph Skelton was an a topographical and antiquarian engraver. He lived in Oxford for a time and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His Oxford publications include the Oxonia Antiqua Illustrata; Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from drawings by F. Mackenzie; and the Pietas Oxoniensis, or Records of Oxford Founders. Rudolph Ackermann was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman. In 1795 he established a print-shop and drawing-school at 96 Strand. Here Ackermann set up a lithographic press and began a trade in prints. He later began to manufacture colours and thick carton paper for landscape and miniature painters. Within three years the premises had become too small and he moved to 101 Strand, in his own words "four doors nearer to Somerset House", the seat of the Royal Academy of Arts. Between 1797 and 1800 Ackermann rapidly developed his print and book publishing business, encompassing many different genres including topography, caricature, portraits, transparencies and decorative prints. Condition: generally very good; some staining to margins but print itself fine. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other Oxford views. -
William Nicholson (1872 - 1949)
Oriel College, Oxford (1904)
Lithograph 30 x 37 cm Initialled and dated lower right. Between 1902 and 1904 William Nicholson lived in Woodstock; during this period he made several architectural studies of Oxford's colleges and other University buildings. Sir William Nicholson was a British painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer, and theatre set designer. Condition: generally very good'; some marks to margin and a small mark central top in sky. Blindstamped 'Stafford Gallery'. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Oriel College, Oxford. -
David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
St John's College, Oxford (1675)
Engraving 32 x 41 cm Loggan's view of St John's from the 'Oxonia Illustrata'. 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: generally very good; mostly-even all-over toning save to extreme margins. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of St John’s College, Oxford. -
National Savings Map of the British Isles showing Festivals and Customs
Original vintage poster 100 x 76 cm A stylish 1950s poster illustrating the quaint local customs of the British Isles. These glorious festivals and traditions are a matter of national pride - as is, the poster suggests, saving via the National Savings scheme. Condition: generally very good; previously folded; pin holes to corners and a little creasing to very edges. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage posters. -
William Nicholson (1872 - 1949)
University College, Oxford
Lithograph 27 x 35 cm Titled in pencil below. Blindstamped 'Stafford Gallery' and dated 1906 below right. Between 1902 and 1904 William Nicholson lived in Woodstock; during this period he made several architectural studies of Oxford's colleges and other University buildings. Sir William Nicholson was a British painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer, and theatre set designer. Condition: generally very good; a little spotting to margins. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of University College, Oxford. -
Peter Spendelowe Lamborn (1722 - 1774)
Trinity College Bridge and Library and Part of St John's College, in the University of Cambridge
Engraving 37 x 52 cm Peter Spendelowe Lamborn was an English engraver and miniature painter. He studied engraving under Basire and worked in Cambridge, where he obtained some note as an engraver. Condition: generally good; some discolouration to paper, surface dirt particularly to margins. Mounted to board and previously mounted with plate mark under mount. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Cambridge. -
David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1675)
Engraving 30 x 41 cm Loggan's view of Corpus from the 'Oxonia Illustrata', with later hand colouring. 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: generally very good; a little discolouration to paper. Later hand colouring. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Clare College - The West Front
Lithograph 24 x 40 cm Titled in plate lower left; numbered 160/500 lower left and signed lower right, both in pencil. Casson's view of a bustling Clare College, complete with students punting on the Backs. 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 are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Clare College, Cambridge. -
Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Wadham College, Oxford - The Fellows' Garden
Lithograph 24 x 40 cm Proof print aside from the numbered edition. Signed, titled and dated in plate. Casson's peaceful, pastoral depiction of Wadham. 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 are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Wadham College, Oxford. -
David Loggan (1634-1692)
Prospectus Oxoniae Orientalis & Meridionalis
Engraving 33 x 46 cm Loggan's prospect of Oxford as seen from the East, from the 'Oxonia Illustrata'. 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: generally good; a little staining to margins and some spotting primarily visible in the sky. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other David Loggan views. -
Laurence Dunn (1910 - 2006)
SS Hesleyside
Pen, ink, and watercolour 6 x 16 cm Provenance: an album of works by the artist. The Hesleyside was a steamer built in 1912. In 1933, as Dunn notes in pen, it was bought by a Greek company and rechristened the SS Kymas. She was torpedoed by a U-boat in 1940. Laurence Dunn was a well-known British marine artist and writer known for his depictions of ships. He grew up in Devon, where he practised drawing passing ships, and went on to study at the Central School of Art. He then worked for shipbuilding firm John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, where he contributed to the design of the Royal Yacht. During the Second World War, Dunn worked in naval intelligence. In the early 1960s, he created many line drawings of Atlantic ocean liners. Upon his death in 2006, the World Ship Society published the following obituary: DUNN, Laurence. [December 15 2006 — Lloyds List] Many readers will be saddened by the death of well-known marine artist and writer Laurence Dunn in his 97th year. A man of encyclopaedic knowledge, he began his lifelong love of ships in Brixham, where he meticulously recorded passing traffic with the exquisitely accurate line drawings which later became something of a trademark. While studying at London’s Central School of Art his work was noticed by the Southern Railway, which commissioned profiles of its fleet, and this in turn led to work for Orient Line, where he also designed the well-known corn-coloured hull, and later Thorneycroft, where he helped with shaping draft plans for a new royal yacht. During the second world was he worked for naval intelligence at the Admiralty, where his technique did much to improve recognition standards, and greatly expanded his shipping clientele, becoming personally known to many chairmen. As well as the shipping press he worked for mainstream publications such as Everybody’s, Sphere and the upmarket comic Eagle. Through his many contacts he enjoyed going to sea in a great variety of ships from aircraft carriers to colliers. Laurence wrote several books, starting with ship recognition titles which introduced new standards of layout, but his best known work was probably Passenger Liners, which was widely taken up by the travel trade. His love of Greece, where he was an early publicist of island cruising, let to involvement in reshaping various passenger liners beginning with Greek Line’s OLYMPIA. In later life he designed several sets of shipping stamps for the Crown Agents, produced photographic volumes on Thames and Mediterranean shipping and still found time to enjoy the passing Thames traffic. Our sympathies go to his wife Jennifer, who provided succour to the many ship lovers who beat a path to the welcoming door of their Gravesend home. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by Laurence Dunn. -
Laurence Dunn (1910 - 2006)
SS Beryl
Pen, ink, and watercolour 6 x 16 cm Provenance: an album of works by the artist. The Beryl was a small coastal cargo steamer which was built in Scotland in 1893. She was renamed the SS Fodhla in 1915. Laurence Dunn was a well-known British marine artist and writer known for his depictions of ships. He grew up in Devon, where he practised drawing passing ships, and went on to study at the Central School of Art. He then worked for shipbuilding firm John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, where he contributed to the design of the Royal Yacht. During the Second World War, Dunn worked in naval intelligence. In the early 1960s, he created many line drawings of Atlantic ocean liners. Upon his death in 2006, the World Ship Society published the following obituary: DUNN, Laurence. [December 15 2006 — Lloyds List] Many readers will be saddened by the death of well-known marine artist and writer Laurence Dunn in his 97th year. A man of encyclopaedic knowledge, he began his lifelong love of ships in Brixham, where he meticulously recorded passing traffic with the exquisitely accurate line drawings which later became something of a trademark. While studying at London’s Central School of Art his work was noticed by the Southern Railway, which commissioned profiles of its fleet, and this in turn led to work for Orient Line, where he also designed the well-known corn-coloured hull, and later Thorneycroft, where he helped with shaping draft plans for a new royal yacht. During the second world was he worked for naval intelligence at the Admiralty, where his technique did much to improve recognition standards, and greatly expanded his shipping clientele, becoming personally known to many chairmen. As well as the shipping press he worked for mainstream publications such as Everybody’s, Sphere and the upmarket comic Eagle. Through his many contacts he enjoyed going to sea in a great variety of ships from aircraft carriers to colliers. Laurence wrote several books, starting with ship recognition titles which introduced new standards of layout, but his best known work was probably Passenger Liners, which was widely taken up by the travel trade. His love of Greece, where he was an early publicist of island cruising, let to involvement in reshaping various passenger liners beginning with Greek Line’s OLYMPIA. In later life he designed several sets of shipping stamps for the Crown Agents, produced photographic volumes on Thames and Mediterranean shipping and still found time to enjoy the passing Thames traffic. Our sympathies go to his wife Jennifer, who provided succour to the many ship lovers who beat a path to the welcoming door of their Gravesend home. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by Laurence Dunn. -
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - 1862)
Christ's College, Cambridge
Engraving 15 x 22 cm A nineteenth-century view of Christ's College, Cambridge, complete with two academics and a street-sweeper. Richard Bankes Harraden was a printmaker, painter, and drawing master. He was active in Cambridge, producing many views of the colleges, and subsequently several Oxford colleges. Harraden was an early and exhibiting member of the Society of British Artists in London, which was established in 1823, and remained a member until 1849. He specialised in depictions of landscape, topography and architecture, and was the son of Richard Harraden (1756 - 1838) with whom he published plates as 'Harraden & Son'. Condition: generally very good; a little discolouration to paper; in handsome washlined mount. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of Christ's College, Cambridge. -
Student of the National Art Training School (now Royal College of Art)
Decorative Vase
Gouache 40 x 26 cm Stamped 'ESK' ('Examined South Kensington) to reverse. This gouache study of a vase was made by a Royal College of Art (then known as the National Art Training School) student for their examinations. Condition: generally very good; a little discolouration to paper. In attractive frame made from period moulding. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Gordon Davey (1912 - 1991)
Isle of Man
Original vintage poster 102 x 64 cm Condition: fair. Backed to linen. Areas of time staining as visible in photographs. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage posters. -
'Samivel' Paul Gayet-Tancrède (1907 - 1992)
Samivel: poète du verbe et de l'image (1992)
Original vintage poster 95 x 65 cm This poster advertises an exhibition of Samuel's work, entitled 'Samuel: poet of word and image' and held in Grenoble in 1992, the year of the artist's death. It features Samuel's 1987 Au Vrai Sommet ('To the True Summit') as its image; the lone figure gazing out into the mountainous blue, gaunt and clad only in a loincloth, seems to represent Samivel's outstanding but isolated work. Samivel was a writer, an artist, a photographer, an explorer and more. In 1948 he accompanied Paul Émile Victor on the first French Greenland expedition, making three documentary films in the process. His friends included Théodore Monod and Gilbert André - the latter the mayor of Bonneval-sur-Arc and one of the founders of the Vanoise National Park - and with them and others he spent his whole life aiming for the protection of the imperilled countryside. The graphic artist side of him had a life-long fascination with high mountains, and his illustrated books and series of posters of the French Alps have long been popular. Condition: generally very good; faint mark to left hand side level with person; small edge crease to left. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other views of St John’s College, Cambridge. -
Kleinwalsertal Allgauer Alpen
Original vintage poster 74 x 50 cm This bright 1970s poster encourages us to tour to Austria and ride the cable car up to the Kanzelwand (a mountain on the border between Vorarlberg, Austria and Bavaria, Germany). Here, a charming family of hikers gaze up at the cable car as it crosses overhead. Condition: generally very good; one or two little creases to bottom. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage travel posters. -
Hans Schilter (1918 - 1988)
Zentralschweiz (1951)
Original vintage poster 102 x 64 cm This marvellous poster encourages travel to Central Switzerland - a land of gently snow-capped mountains and wide blue lakes. Hans Schilter was a Swiss artist known for his poster designs. Condition: generally very good; a few repaired short edge tears and small repaired missing area approx 2cm x 1 cm top left corner. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage travel posters. -
Graham Sutherland (1903 - 1980)
Royal Ascot (1935)
Original vintage poster 101 x 63 cm A text poster advertising Southern Railway as a means of travelling to and from Royal Ascot. Graham Sutherland OM was an English artist known for his romantic, abstract landscapes and portraits of public figures, including Churchill and the Queen Mother. Sutherland spent the 1920s mostly making landscape prints, but, following the collapse of the print market in the early 1930s branched out into watercolours. He also undertook a few commercial commissions for posters, working for London Transport, Shell and others. He served as an official war artist in the Second World War, painting industrial scenes on the British home front. After the war he worked in oils and explored figurative painting. Condition: generally very good; backed to linen. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage London Transport posters. -
Paul Nash (1889 - 1946)
Come Out to Live (1936)
Original vintage poster 101 x 63 cm A copy of this poster is held by the London Transport Museum. Published by the Baynard Press. Nash's poster encourages us to buy a season ticket in order to travel more cheaply by train. A modernist suburb is juxtaposed with a monochrome photograph of the Royal Exchange in the heart of the City of London, suggesting that by travelling in from suburbia we can "come out to live". Paul Nash was a modernist, surrealist British artist. He is known for his modernist landscapes and work as a war artist. He studied at the Slate School of Art and soon focused his work on landscapes, especially those containing ruins; he went on to produce some of the most recognisable artworks of the First World War, mostly depicting war-torn landscapes. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage posters. -
David Klein (1918 - 2005)
Spain - Fly TWA
Original vintage poster 102 x 63 cm Klein's poster for Trans World Airlines (TWA) advertises flights to Spain. His design features two matadors in rich traditional address, in a stadium where a bullfight is presumably about to take place; a TWA plane flies overhead. David Klein was an American artist notable for his posters. He designed posters for the US Army, many and various Broadway productions, Trans World Airlines, and many more commercial clients. In the late 1950s and early 1960s his travel posters became iconic images of the era of commercial aeroplane travel. One of his posters was added to the MoMa's collection in 1957. Condition: good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage travel posters. -
Pierre Tairraz (1933 - 2000)
Chamonix - Mont Blanc - France
Original vintage poster 100 x 60 cm A view of the Téléphérique de la vallée Blanche cable car over Mont Blanc entices us to book a skiing trip to Chamonix. Pierre Tairraz was the fourth in line of the Tairraz family of mountain photographers, following in the footsteps of his father George, his father George, and his father Joseph. Between 1857 and 2000, four photographers, from father to son, invent and transmit the art of mountain photography. Their family name is Tairraz. Pierre was an exceptional climber and worked for 40 years photographing mountains, particularly the French Alps. Condition: generally very good; a few little edge tears and a slight marginal loss to top (all of which will disappear under a mount when framed). If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage skiing posters.
