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Lionel Edwards (1878 - 1966)
The Old Surrey and Burstow Fox Hounds - at Burstow (1926)
Lithograph 36 x 51 cm Signed and dated in plate lower right. In original 3/4" black frame. A Lionel Edwards lithograph depicting the Old Surrey and Burstow - part of the artist's 'Hunting Countries' series. The Old Surrey and Burstow (now the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent Hunt) has been hunting from Felbridge since 1909. The Burstow dates as a foxhound pack from 1866, having previously existed as a harrier pack. Lionel Edwards was a British artist who specialised in pictures of country life, particularly horses, and provided illustrations for Country Life. He is best known for his hunting scenes but also painted pictures of horse racing, shooting and fishing. Condition: print generally good; the odd tiny spot in top right corner. In original 3/4" black frame; some scratches to frame. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other hunting pictures. -
Lionel Edwards (1878 - 1966)
Foxhounds [unidentified pack] (1962)
Lithograph 31 x 43 cm Signed and dated in plate lower right. A Lionel Edwards lithograph - part of the artist's 'Hunting Countries' series. If you know which pack is depicted here, please let us know! Lionel Edwards was a British artist who specialised in pictures of country life, particularly horses, and provided illustrations for Country Life. He is best known for his hunting scenes but also painted pictures of horse racing, shooting and fishing. Condition: print generally good; some time staining to periphery. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other hunting pictures. -
Lionel Edwards (1878 - 1966)
The Berkeley Hunt - Near Rockhampton (1925)
Lithograph 34 x 51 cm Signed in plate lower right. In original 3/4" black frame. A Lionel Edwards lithograph depicting the Berkeley - part of the artist's 1925 'Hunting Countries' series. The yellow coats with green collars and the running fox on the lapel are worn by the Masters and Hunt Staff and are unique in hunting circles, representing the outdoor livery of the Berkeley family; the ladies' colours of navy and maroon represent the indoor livery. The Berkeley is the oldest pack in the country and is one of the very few that are still family owned. The Fifth Earl of Berkeley could hunt his hounds from Berkeley Castle to Berkeley Square in London and had six kennels along the route. The season would start in Berkeley and progress to each of his kennels to London and then in stages back again to Gloucestershire. The present kennels date from the early 18th century and are home to around 90 hounds. Lionel Edwards was a British artist who specialised in pictures of country life, particularly horses, and provided illustrations for Country Life. He is best known for his hunting scenes but also painted pictures of horse racing, shooting and fishing. Condition: print generally good; the odd tiny spot in top left area. In original 3/4" black frame - some scratches to frame. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other hunting pictures. -
Jane Gray (b.1931)
St Martin in the Fields
Ink and watercolour18 x 19.5 cm
Detailed in the artist's handThis early architectural sketch, depicts, as Gray notes below the drawing, St Martin in the Fields, London, in blue and grey tones, and shows Gray to be an observant and sensitive draughtsman. St Martin-in-the-Fields is a Church of England parish church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster and is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours.
Provenance: the artist’s studio sale. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. For other works by Jane Gray and more information about her, please click here. -
Jane Gray (b.1931)
White Dog
Gouache15.5 x 11.5 cm
This gorgeous little painting of a white dog highlights Gray’s distinctive outlook at the world; the image is at once highly traditional—as if something out of a medieval bestiary—yet also decidedly modern, bold and colourful with a striking, geometric border.
Provenance: the artist’s studio sale. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. For other works by Jane Gray and more information about her, please click here. -
S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960)
Greek Roman Detail
Pencil 51 x 72 cm A mid-century design for a column in the neoclassical style. Clapham was an architect based in Stockwell in London. Condition: very good; mounted to board. Slight even age toning to paper. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by the artist. -
Jane Gray (b.1931)
Early Design for 'Ave Maria' Stained Glass Window (1960)
Watercolour 8 x 7cm Signed and dated verso.A rare example of Gray’s early work, this design shows a more traditional approach to stained glass window design, something that Gray came to eschew in favour of a more modern style in much of her later work. Its intended location is unknown.
Provenance: the artist’s studio sale. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. For other works by Jane Gray and more information about her, please click here. -
Jane Gray (b.1931)
Christ Church, Bicton, Shropshire, Design for Stained Glass Window (2005)
Watercolour 16 x 5 cmSigned, dated and studio stamp verso.
Christ Church in Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury is a fine example of an early Victorian church, built in 1854 by Edward Haycock Snr in the Early English style with many lancet features. This stained glass window above the chancel arch was commissioned to celebrate the new millennium.
Provenance: the artist’s studio sale. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. For other works by Jane Gray and more information about her, please click here. -
Joseph Collyer (1748 - 1827) after Francis Wheatley (1747 - 1801)
The Volunteers of the City and County of Dublin
Monochrome print 28 x 31 cm A monochrome print depicting Dublin regiments of the Irish Volunteers meeting on College Green. Francis Wheatley depicted the scene in oils in 1779, and Joseph Collyer engraved it in 1781. Wheatley went to Dublin in 1779 and established himself there as a portrait-painter; this view of the Dublin Volunteers became the basis for a best-selling print bought by numerous Irish Patriots. Volunteers were local Irish militias raised by community initiative in Ireland in 1778. Their original purpose was to guard against invasion and to preserve law and order at a time when British soldiers were withdrawn from Ireland to fight abroad during the American Revolutionary War and the government failed to organise its own militia. Taking advantage of Britain's preoccupation with its rebelling American colonies, the Volunteers were able to pressure Westminster into conceding legislative independence to the Dublin parliament. Francis Wheatley was an English portrait and landscape painter who studied at the Royal Academy, and won several prizes from the Society of Arts. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1790, and an academician in the following year. Joseph Collyer was a British engraver. In 1770 where he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time; he was elected an associate engraver of the Royal Academy, and appointed portrait engraver to Queen Charlotte in 1786. Condition: fair. Some browning and staining. In handsome rosewood frame. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
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Lancaster bombers preparing for take-off
Original Silver Gelatin photograph, c. 1944 9 x 18 cm Ground crew remove the chocks from the wheel of a Lancaster bomber, prior to take-off. A series of Lancaster bombers are visible in the background, all preparing for a bombing raid, deep into occupied enemy territory. The lead aircraft is the veteran of twenty-six previous raids, as indicated by the bombs painted under the pilot's cockpit window. Condition: Generally very good. Provenance: from the collection of Philip J R Moyes, author of many books on the RAF, most notably The Pictorial History which ran to several volumes. -
Robert Woodlark, Founder of Catherine Hall, Cambridge from a Picture at the Hall (1815)
Hand-coloured aquatint 24 x 20 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). A copy of this engraving is held by the National Portrait Gallery, reference NPG D4871. Robert Woodlark (also spelt Wodelarke) was an English academic and priest. He was the Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and the founder of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He drew up the original statutes for the governance of the college and obtained a charter from Edward IV, 16 August 1475. Woodlark was a professor of sacred theology at the University and served as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1459 to 1460, and again from 1462 to 1463. 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: good. Some gentle age toning. Handsome gilded frame with elaborate wash line mount. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755 - 1828) after William Westall (1781 - 1850)
Entrance to the Avenue, from Clare Hall Piece (1815)
Hand-coloured aquatint 25 x 30 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). An engraving of the gates of Clare College, formerly known as Clare Hall. The River Cam winds its way through the scene; we can see the New Buildings of King's College, Cambridge on the far bank. Victorian figures, several with parasols, picnic or promenade in the foreground. Joseph Constantine Stadler was a prolific German émigré engraver of images after his contemporaries - here, 18th-century English landscape painter and diarist Joseph Farington. Stadler's engravings are wide-ranging in subject matter and include landscapes, seascapes and portraits, as well as military, sporting and decorative subjects. Stadler was employed by the leading print publisher of the time, John Boydell. Stadler lived in Knightsbridge when he died at the age of 73. William Westall was a British landscape artist. He was born in Hertford and enrolled at the Royal Academy schools in 1799. He later became the draughtsman for a voyage to Australia and the South Seas. After being shipwrecked, he travelled to Canton in China and to India, staying in Bombay for several months. He returned to England in 1805 but later set off for Madeira and Jamaica. He became a member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours (1811) and an associate of the Academy (1812). Following a mental breakdown, he regularly visited the Lake District and published ‘Views of the Valley and Vale of Keswick’ (1820). His series of aquatints of the Thames, the great universities, and England's public schools for Ackermann are among his most popular works. 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: good. Some gentle age toning. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
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Lancaster Bomber at RAF Waddington
Original Silver Gelatin photograph 16 x 22 cm Stamped to reverse 'Passed by censor' and 'Copyright This photograph must not be reproduced without permission of 'The Aeroplane.' Unfortunately the serial number of the aeroplane is unclear. It may be RAF Waddington-based R5905 of 44 Sqn which crash landed near Madum in Denmark on 24 September 1942. The crew all survived the landing and were taken prisoner, spending the rest of the war in a PoW camp (where one died in March 1945) before returning home. Further details regarding their exploits are here. Alternatively it is R5903 also of 44 Sqn which crashed at Klosterholte on 7 October 1942 having left RAF Waddington; five of the crew survived the crash, with the two airgunners dying. -
Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755 - 1828) after William Westall (1781 - 1850)
Jesus College, Cambridge, from the Close (1815)
Hand-coloured aquatint 24 x 29.5 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). An engraving of Jesus College, foregrounded by trees, the River Cam, and grazing cattle. Joseph Constantine Stadler was a prolific German émigré engraver of images after his contemporaries - here, 18th-century English landscape painter and diarist Joseph Farington. Stadler''s engravings are wide-ranging in subject matter and include landscapes, seascapes and portraits, as well as military, sporting and decorative subjects. Stadler was employed by the leading print publisher of the time, John Boydell. Stadler lived in Knightsbridge when he died at the age of 73. William Westall was a British landscape artist. He was born in Hertford and enrolled at the Royal Academy schools in 1799. He later became the draughtsman for a voyage to Australia and the South Seas. After being shipwrecked, he travelled to Canton in China and to India, staying in Bombay for several months. He returned to England in 1805 but later set off for Madeira and Jamaica. He became a member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours (1811) and an associate of the Academy (1812). Following a mental breakdown, he regularly visited the Lake District and published ‘Views of the Valley and Vale of Keswick’ (1820). His series of aquatints of the Thames, the great universities, and England's public schools for Ackermann are among his most popular works. 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: good. Some age toning. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755 - 1828) after Frederick Mackenzie (1788 - 1854)
The Chapel of All Souls College, Oxford (1814)
Hand-coloured aquatint 29.5 x 21 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 – 1834). An engraving of All Souls' chapel. All Souls College was founded in 1437 by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, to serve as a memorial to Henry V and the English dead in the Hundred Years War. The Front Quad appears virtually unchanged since it was first built in the years 1438-1343, thanks to a sympathetic Victorian restoration. The chapel was modelled after that of New College, where Chichele was a Member. It has a superb hammer-beam roof, excellent mediaeval stained glass, and a large number of original stalls. All services in the chapel are according to the Book of Common Prayer; the King James Bible is also used rather than more modern translations. Frederick Mackenzie (circa 1788 - 1854) 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 Constantine Stadler was a prolific German émigré engraver of images after his contemporaries - here, 18th-century English landscape painter and diarist Joseph Farington. Stadler''s engravings are wide-ranging in subject matter and include landscapes, seascapes and portraits, as well as military, sporting and decorative subjects. Stadler was employed by the leading print publisher of the time, John Boydell. Stadler lived in Knightsbridge when he died at the age of 73. 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: good. Some age toning. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
D Havell (1785 - 1822) after William Westall (1781 - 1850)
The Library of St John's College, Cambridge (1815)
Hand-coloured aquatint 24 x 29.5 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). An engraving of St John's College, Cambridge's marvellous library. It was built between 1623 and 1628, largely through the donations and efforts of two members of the college: Valentine Carey, Bishop of Exeter, and John Williams, Lord-Keeper and Bishop of Lincoln. The building's shell was completed in 1624, a date which appears on the south gable of the western oriel window. The building is constructed in the Jacobean Gothic style, and measures 110 feet by 30 feet wide. The tall two-light windows are a very early example of Gothic Revival, but the façade is Renaissance-inspired. The library contains 42 bookcases arranged at right angles to the north and south walls, and is the home of the College's double-manual harpsichord. William Westall was a British landscape artist. He was born in Hertford and enrolled at the Royal Academy schools in 1799. He later became the draughtsman for a voyage to Australia and the South Seas. After being shipwrecked, he travelled to Canton in China and to India, staying in Bombay for several months. He returned to England in 1805 but later set off for Madeira and Jamaica. He became a member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours (1811) and an associate of the Academy (1812). Following a mental breakdown, he regularly visited the Lake District and published ‘Views of the Valley and Vale of Keswick’ (1820). His series of aquatints of the Thames, the great universities, and England''s public schools for Ackermann are among his most popular works. The Havell family of Reading, Berkshire, England, included a number of notable engravers, etchers and painters, as well as writers, publishers, educators, and musicians. Daniel and Robert Havell set up in partnership as aquatint engravers. Soon Daniel began to work independently, engraving plates for Rudolph Ackermann''s History of Cambridge (1815) and hid history of various public schools including Eton, Winchester, and Rugby (1816), as well as a celebrated views of St Paul''s Cathedral (1818) and various other London landmarks for Ackermann''s Repository of Arts. 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: good. Some age toning. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
John Samuel Agar (1773 - 1858) after John Uwins (1782 - 1857)
Pensioner of Trinity College, Masters of Arts, and Sizer (1815)
Hand-coloured aquatint 25 x 30 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). An engraving of a pensioner of Trinity College, Masters of Arts, and a sizer (that is, an undergraduate who receives some form of assistance such as meals, lower fees or lodging during his or her period of study, in some cases in return for doing a defined job) from Ackermann's ''A History of the University of Cambridge, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings''. The four figures walk forward with ceremonial accoutrements, likely to a graduation ceremony. At Cambridge, a sizar was originally an undergraduate student who financed his studies by undertaking more or less menial tasks within his college but, as time went on, was increasingly likely to receive small grants from the college. Certain colleges, including St John's and Trinity, distinguished between two categories of sizar: there were specific endowments for specific numbers of sizars who were called "proper sizars"; those who were not so endowed, but who were maintained by fellow-commoners and fellows were called subsizars. Isaac Newton matriculated as subsizar at Trinity College. Richard S. Westfall noted that sizars were considerably more successful in gaining degrees than the gentlemen who entered Cambridge in the seventeenth century. Thomas Uwins RA RWS was a British painter in watercolour and oil, and a book illustrator. He became a full member of the Old Watercolour Society and a Royal Academician, and held a number of high-profile art appointments including the librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to Queen Victoria and the Keeper of the National Gallery. In the late 1790s he began producing work for Ackermann''s collections. John Samuel Agar was an English portrait painter and engraver, who exhibited his works at the Royal Academy from 1796 to 1806 and at the British Institution until 1811. He was at one time president of the Society of Engravers. Rudolph Ackermann published many of his engravings. 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: good. Some age toning. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
John Samuel Agar (1773 - 1858) after John Uwins (1782 - 1857)
Doctors in Divinity, Esquire Beadle, and Yeoman Beadle (1815)
Hand-coloured aquatint 25 x 30 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). An engraving of two Doctors in Divinity and two beadles (administrative assistants to the Chancellor and Proctors of the University) from Ackermann's ''A History of the University of Cambridge, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings''. The four figures walk forward with ceremonial accoutrements, likely to a graduation ceremony. Thomas Uwins RA RWS was a British painter in watercolour and oil, and a book illustrator. He became a full member of the Old Watercolour Society and a Royal Academician, and held a number of high-profile art appointments including the librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to Queen Victoria and the Keeper of the National Gallery. In the late 1790s he began producing work for Ackermann''s collections. John Samuel Agar was an English portrait painter and engraver, who exhibited his works at the Royal Academy from 1796 to 1806 and at the British Institution until 1811. He was at one time president of the Society of Engravers. Rudolph Ackermann published many of his engravings. 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: good. Some age toning. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
John Samuel Agar (1773 - 1858) after John Uwins (1782 - 1857)
Fellow Commoner of Emanuel College; a Nobleman; Fellow Commoner of Trinity College (1815)
Hand-coloured aquatint 25 x 29.5 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). An engraving of two students and a nobleman from Ackermann's ''A History of the University of Cambridge, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings''. The three figures dwell over a pile of books and papers, clad in the appropriate academic dress. Thomas Uwins RA RWS was a British painter in watercolour and oil, and a book illustrator. He became a full member of the Old Watercolour Society and a Royal Academician, and held a number of high-profile art appointments including the librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to Queen Victoria and the Keeper of the National Gallery. In the late 1790s he began producing work for Ackermann''s collections. John Samuel Agar was an English portrait painter and engraver, who exhibited his works at the Royal Academy from 1796 to 1806 and at the British Institution until 1811. He was at one time president of the Society of Engravers. Rudolph Ackermann published many of his engravings. 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: good. Some age toning. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
James Basire
James Basire engraving of Bishop's Palace Exeter
Engraving 50 x 33 cm (to plate mark) Published by the Society of Antiquaries 23rd April 1796. A member of the Society of Antiquaries, Basire specialised in architectural prints. He was appointed as engraver to the society, much of his finest works being found in their Vestuta Monumenta. Basire's father Isaac was a cartographer, and both his son and grandson were called James and also worked for the society. William Blake was apprenticed to Basire for seven years. If you are interested, email info@manningfineart.co.ukor call us on 07929 749056. -
Florence Camm (1874-1960)
Stained Glass Window Design with Red Sailing Ship
Watercolour 6.5x34cm Condition: Some spotting to image; mounted to board - see image. Click for biographical details and other works by Camm. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Tom Roche (b. 1940) Penal Cross
Screenprint 24x19cm Signed in pencil and numbered 11/40 Roche trained at the Irish National College of Art and Design, then studying etching and lithography at Chelsea College of Art. After working as a graphic designer in advertising, he became a full-time painter in 1972 based in Dingle in Co. Kerry. After operating from a gallery in Dingle he returned in the 1980s to Dublin, working as part0time lecturer at the Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design and as creative director for Emerald City Productions Ltd. He is renowned for his soft, atmospheric paintings of Irisih landscape and interiors as well as for his prints such as this. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Clare College and Bridge, Cambridge
Albumen print of a photograph, circa 1850 Mounted to board and inscribed 'Clare Coll + Bridge Cambridge'. Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refounded in 1338 as Clare Hall after an endowment from Elizabeth de Clare, and took on its current name in 1856. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on The Backs, overlooking the River Cam. Condition: generally very good, slight toning to sky. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Anon. Prospect of Durham from the River Wear
Watercolour 19th Century 30.5x45.5cm Bears signature 'J Varley' If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, backed to board and slight loss of colour. -
Marianne James
Entrance to Third Court St. John’s College Cambridge (c.1810-1860)
Watercolour & pencil Signed 10×17cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. -
D.L Hadden
Design for Coat of Arms for Council Chambers
Watercolour and pencil 52x74.5cm Signed and dated 1959 A traditional coat of arms design for the city council chambers with directions by the artist that it is to be carved in lime and coloured as depicted. One of the many works Hadden produced during his time as senior designer at Geo M Hammer. For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, some water staining as visible in image. -
D.L Hadden
Design for Executive Desks Geo.M.Hammer
Watercolour and pencil 41x51cm Signed and dated 1959 Two beautifully detailed executive desks designs with sketches front elevations. Hadden's flair with woodwork design is evident in this masterful drawing. For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, some soft creases round the margins. -
A J Meyer (British, fl 1900-1930) Dulwich College
Etching 22x30cm Sadly little is known of Meyer, an accomplished artist and particularly producer of etchings. He was one of many artists to join the craze for etchings started by Whistler and that died out after the 1929 Wall Street crash. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Mounted to board; generally good to very good. -
Edward W Sharland (1884-1967) - British Christ Church Cathedral Oxford interior
Etching 32x18cm Sharland was a Bristol-based artist who specialised in architectural views such as this, the interiors of cathedrals being a particular speciality. The British Museum holds copies of his cathedral interior etchings. -
Peter Collins ARCA (1923-200 Royal Naval Bandsman
Black paint 44x27cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, a little gentle spotting. Click here for other items by the artist and for biographical details. -
"Jacqs" (British, 20th century) For Private Parties... Hire a Coach to Take You Anywhere
Original Poster c. 1960s 75x50cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
Frederick Nash (1782-1856) Drawn and etched Engraved by F C Lewis Arches and Columns
London Published by F Nash, No 6 Asylum Buildings, Westminster Road July 12 1804 55x39cm Frederick Nash was born in Lambeth. Initially studying architectural drawing under Thomas Malton he subsequently enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts. From 1801 to 1809 he worked with the antiquarians John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley, subsequently becoming a member of the Society of Painters in Watercolours - a group of painters who had left the Royal Academy following complaints of under-recognition of their works. Latterly primarily a landscape painter he toured the rivers of Germany. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: In generally good condition, some offsetting of ink from adjacent print as visible in image, occasional spotting. Not trimmed. -
Porto-Service, Chicago Give them "Hell-o from us!"
Lithograph 26.5x18cm 1942 What better writing paper to send to a serving serviceman than one encouraging him to fight. Porto-Service of Chicago published a series of illustrated writing resources for sweethearts and friends to write to their brave servicemen, in this case in a four-engined bomber over Berlin. Lavishly produced and printed, the Americans brought some much-needed colour and glamour to dull war-torn Britain. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Very good. -
Porto-Service, Chicago Keep 'em Running Right off the Map!
Lithograph 26.5x18cm 1942 What better writing paper to send to a serving serviceman than that encouraging him to fight. Porto-Service of Chicago published a series of illustrated writing resources for sweethearts and friends to write to their brave servicemen, in this case teasing the three Axis dictators. Lavishly produced and printed, the Americans brought some much-needed colour and glamour to dull war-torn Britain. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Very good. -
Clifford Ellis (1907-1985) Broad Chalke, Wiltshire
20x33cm Carbon pencil Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent. Born in Bognor in Sussex and trained at St Martin’s School of Art and Regent Street Polytechnic, Ellis was a graphic artist and illustrator who is best known for the posters he produced for London Transport during the 1930s. He generally collaborated with his wife Rosemary – whom he married in 1931 – on their posters. The General Post Office, Shell, and The Empire Marketing Board were also clients for their posters. They signed their posters C&RE, their initials being in alphabetical order and they are readily recognisable by their ebullient use of colour and form. Employed during the war as a camoufleur, along with so many other artists, Clifford was also an official war artist, serving with the Grenadier Guards. Rosemary, meanwhile, was an artist for the Recording Britain project. Following the war they trained art teachers at Bath Academy of Art. They also designed a series of nearly one hundred book jackets for Collins New Naturalist series, published between 1945 and 1982 and were always fascinated by animals and natural history, as with this sketch. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very good. -
Peter Collins ARCA (1923-2001) Colliery Mining Scene
Pen, ink 20x35cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio The use of pen ank ink creates a powerful image, emphasising the stark nature of the colliery. Yet the scene is softened by the presence of figures, dwarfed against the mighty machinery. The strong vertical lines on the timber-clad buildings emphasise the vertical lines of the pit machinery, and suggest the depths of the earth to which the mine reaches; yet at the same time the horizontal nature of the drawing provides a contrast. Click here for other items by the artist and for biographical details. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Louis Osman FRIBA (1914 - 1996)
A Pavilion in a Private Park
Pen, ink and wash 67 x 100 cm Provenance: the family of the artist. Signed lower right. 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 to main central area; loss to top left, creasing, soiling, and edge tears to right (10cm at most). If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by Louis Osman. -
Silhouette (circa 1870)
Major Chaplin, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Gouache, pen, and ink 52 x 44 cm Silhouettes of Mrs F Chaplin and Miss Chaplain, likely the Major's wife and daughter, are also available. Prior to photography, silhouettes were the easiest way of recording a person's appearance. This set might record the group present at a country house party, a wedding, or other similar convivial occasion. Condition: generally very good; some staining to right edge. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other silhouettes. -
Silhouette (circa 1870)
Captain Thursby, 9th Lancers
Gouache, pen, and ink 52 x 44 cm Captain Piers Thursby was born in 1834 and served in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, with whom he served during the Indian Mutiny of the 1850s. He was the son of Revd. W. Thursby of Ormerod House and died in 1904. Prior to photography, silhouettes were the easiest way of recording a person's appearance. This set might record the group present at a country house party, a wedding, or other similar convivial occasion. Condition: generally very good; some staining to right edge. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other silhouettes. -
Peter Collins ARCA (1923 - 2001)
Reclining Nude Studies - Andrea (1995)
Ink and wash 32 x 45 cm Signed and dated lower left. Artist's notes upper right. Provenance: the artist's studio sale. Five studies of one of Collins' models, Andrea, reclining. Each study runs into the next, with different perspectives of the model's body folding together. Collins's first job was at an advertising agency, in the commercial studio. World War II interrupted his career and he joined the Royal Artillery (of the British Army), teaching painting and drawing in the Education Corps - whilst simultaneously teaching at St Martin's School of Art, part time. Following the war, Collins studied at the Royal College of Art, winning a scholarship. He then worked as a commercial artist, producing some well-known posters for clients including British Railways and British European Airways. He was the Art Director at Odhams Press and spent time designing for both ICI and Shell. With his wife Georgette, he created the 'Bacombe Galleries' in Sussex, converting a group of buildings into a gallery space. In 1975 they developed the Stanley Studios in Chelsea, which were scheduled for redevelopment, into a combined artists' studio and residence. Moving into the Stanley Studios allowed the Collinses to immerse themselves in Chelsea's art scene, and they proceeded to fill the studios with art, antiques, sculpture, and other curios. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by Peter Collins. -
In the Country, In the Town (c. 1960)
Original vintage poster 76 x 50 cm A delightfully quaint vintage poster with a series of important and relevant pedestrian safety messages. From its foundation in 1916 onwards, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents published dozens of highly artistic posters encouraging people to take precautions and prevent injuries (for example, telling factory workers to wear goggles and inspect their tools, or advising drivers to watch out for children in the road). This poster advises those visiting the country to use footpaths and cross roads carefully, and suggests that city-dwellers walk on pavements and only cross at pedestrian crossings. 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 St John’s College, Cambridge. -
Henry Cliffe (1919-1983) Arnolfini Gallery Exhibition of Lithographs
Etching Mid 20th Century 76x50cm Click here for biographical details and other pictures by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good, some faint spots at top. -
Provost Richard Lynch Cotton Caricature
A rare specimen of the Cotton-ia Worcester-iensis (not to be found) in the Botanic Gardens Oxford
Pen ink watercolour and photographic collage 19.5 x 16 cm By repute, found in the rooms of Keble at the Hermitage Hotel in Eastbourne after his death, together with another watercolour of a ‘Ritualistic Priest’ also for sale. Please contact us for further information. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.ukor call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. -
Peter Collins ARCA (1923-2001) Design for Holiday Brochure for Laigueglia Italy (for BEA Panorama Holidays)
Mixed media 30x45cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio As a graphic designer, Collins produced many brochures such as these. With his fondness for life drawing, he was perhaps a natural choice for the bikini-clad inhabitants of the pages of a holiday brochure. Collins's first job was at an advertising agency, in the commercial studio, whilst he attended evening art classes. World War II interrupted his career and he joined the Royal Artillery (of the British Army), teaching painting and drawing in the Education Corps - whilst simultaneously teaching at St Martin's School of Art, part time. Following the war Collins studied at the Royal College of Art, winning a scholarship. Leaving in 1950 he then worked as a commercial artist producing some well-known posters for clients including British Railways and British European Airways. He was the Art Director at Odhams Press and spent time designing for both ICI and Shell. With his wife Georgette he created the 'Bacombe Galleries' in Sussex, converting a group of buildings. In 1975 they again converted buildings, this time Stanley Studios in Chelsea which were scheduled for redevelopment; many artists had worked there, probably the most famous being Elizabeth Frink. Combining an artist's studio and a single residence at Stanley Studios the Collinses were immersed in Chelsea's art scene and proceeded to fill the place with art, antiques, scupture and curios. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very good. -
Peter Collins ARCA (1923-2001) Design for Holiday Brochure for Laigueglia Italy (for BEA Panorama Holidays) 2
Mixed media 30x45cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio As a graphic designer, Collins produced many brochures such as these. With his fondness for life drawing, he was perhaps a natural choice for the bikini-clad inhabitants of the pages of a holiday brochure. Collins's first job was at an advertising agency, in the commercial studio, whilst he attended evening art classes. World War II interrupted his career and he joined the Royal Artillery (of the British Army), teaching painting and drawing in the Education Corps - whilst simultaneously teaching at St Martin's School of Art, part time. Following the war Collins studied at the Royal College of Art, winning a scholarship. Leaving in 1950 he then worked as a commercial artist producing some well-known posters for clients including British Railways and British European Airways. He was the Art Director at Odhams Press and spent time designing for both ICI and Shell. With his wife Georgette he created the 'Bacombe Galleries' in Sussex, converting a group of buildings. In 1975 they again converted buildings, this time Stanley Studios in Chelsea which were scheduled for redevelopment; many artists had worked there, probably the most famous being Elizabeth Frink. Combining an artist's studio and a single residence at Stanley Studios the Collinses were immersed in Chelsea's art scene and proceeded to fill the place with art, antiques, scupture and curios. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very good. -
Peter Collins ARCA (1923-2001) Design for Holiday Brochure for Laigueglia Italy (for BEA Panorama Holidays) 4
Mixed media 30x45cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio As a graphic designer, Collins produced many brochures such as these. With his fondness for life drawing, he was perhaps a natural choice for the bikini-clad inhabitants of the pages of a holiday brochure. Collins's first job was at an advertising agency, in the commercial studio, whilst he attended evening art classes. World War II interrupted his career and he joined the Royal Artillery (of the British Army), teaching painting and drawing in the Education Corps - whilst simultaneously teaching at St Martin's School of Art, part time. Following the war Collins studied at the Royal College of Art, winning a scholarship. Leaving in 1950 he then worked as a commercial artist producing some well-known posters for clients including British Railways and British European Airways. He was the Art Director at Odhams Press and spent time designing for both ICI and Shell. With his wife Georgette he created the 'Bacombe Galleries' in Sussex, converting a group of buildings. In 1975 they again converted buildings, this time Stanley Studios in Chelsea which were scheduled for redevelopment; many artists had worked there, probably the most famous being Elizabeth Frink. Combining an artist's studio and a single residence at Stanley Studios the Collinses were immersed in Chelsea's art scene and proceeded to fill the place with art, antiques, scupture and curios. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very good. -
Peter Collins ARCA (1923-2001) Design for Holiday Brochure for Laigueglia Italy (for BEA Panorama Holidays) 3
Mixed media 30x45cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio As a graphic designer, Collins produced many brochures such as these. With his fondness for life drawing, he was perhaps a natural choice for the bikini-clad inhabitants of the pages of a holiday brochure. Collins's first job was at an advertising agency, in the commercial studio, whilst he attended evening art classes. World War II interrupted his career and he joined the Royal Artillery (of the British Army), teaching painting and drawing in the Education Corps - whilst simultaneously teaching at St Martin's School of Art, part time. Following the war Collins studied at the Royal College of Art, winning a scholarship. Leaving in 1950 he then worked as a commercial artist producing some well-known posters for clients including British Railways and British European Airways. He was the Art Director at Odhams Press and spent time designing for both ICI and Shell. With his wife Georgette he created the 'Bacombe Galleries' in Sussex, converting a group of buildings. In 1975 they again converted buildings, this time Stanley Studios in Chelsea which were scheduled for redevelopment; many artists had worked there, probably the most famous being Elizabeth Frink. Combining an artist's studio and a single residence at Stanley Studios the Collinses were immersed in Chelsea's art scene and proceeded to fill the place with art, antiques, scupture and curios. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very good.
