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Anonymous
He Chose the Army
Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office by the British Colour Printing Co. Ltd. c. 1960. Photolithograph 76x51cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Owen Miller (1907-1960)
You’ve got a Good Case
Ministry of Aircraft Production, Printed for HMSO by Fosh & Cross c. 1940 Lithographic poster This poster was one of a series produced by Miller to encourage efficiency in aircraft factories, probably in 1942. 30×20 inches Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Hal Woolf Christ of the Andes Lithographic poster 76x50cm Printed by the David Allen Printing Co (London) Ltd., Wandsworth, SW18 Published by the League of Nations Union, 15 Crosvenor Crescent, London SW1 A statue, cast from melted cannon, on the summit of the Andes bears these words: "These Mountains themselves shall fall and crumble to dust before the people of Chile and the Argentine Republic forget their solemn covenant sworn at the feet of Christ." The League of Nations Union was formed in 2018 to promote international justice based upon the ideals of the League of Nations. Membership peaked in 1931 at over 400,000. In 1948 it was superseded by the United Nations Association. The statue of 'Christ the Redeemer of the Andes' is a monument unveiled in 1904 to celebrate the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between Argentina and Chile. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
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Anonymous Switzerland (Valais, Church of Rarogne) Photo:Giegel/SNTO Photolithographic poster 102x64cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
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Fred Taylor (1875-1963)
Lincoln -Early English Architeture (L.N.E.R)
Printed for London North Eastern Railway Lithographic poster c. 1930 40×25 inches If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office, c.1943
If your journey is REALLY necessary and you can choose your times… travel between 10 and 4
Issued by the Ministry of War Transport and the Ministry of Labour and National Service 18×75 cm (7″ x 30″) in unissued condition If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Alfred Daniels RBA RWS (1924-2015) All Souls, Oxford Signed and dated 1998. Watercolour 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9.5 in.) Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
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Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe KBE RA FRIBA (1882-1974)
Heraldic Design for a carpet for the Senior Common Room, St John’s College Oxford
Watercolour and ink Signed and inscribed Provenance: The estate of Bernard Bumpus If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. 37x46cm (14.5×18.1 inches) Maufe designed buildings for his old Oxford College, St John’s, over an extended period, starting with two memorial slabs in 1923, and was made honorary fellow in 1943. His most major works were the Rawlinson Building extension (1933) and Dolphin Quad (1947). This design relates to the 1936 remodelling of the smoking room of the Senior Common Room. Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. -
James Priddey (1916-1980) FRSA RBSA
Merton College, Oxford
Watercolour and ink 35 x 42cm (13.7×16.5 in.) If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. A Birmingham-based artist, educated at the Birmingham College of Art and member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Priddey had a very distinctive style which he applied to his topographical watercolours. -
R. Phene-Spiers (1838 – 1916)
Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford
Signed and inscribed and dated 1880 Watercolour on paper 37x25cm (14.5×9.8 in.) Spiers was educated as an engineer at King’s College, London. Subsequently he was Master of the Architectural School at the RA, and was President of the Architectural Association from 1867-68. -
Richard Beer (1928-2017)
Wadham College, Oxford (1964-65)
Colour etching and Aquatint on Velin Arches by Editions Alecto. 59.8x40cm (23.5×15.7 inches) Proof Print A copy of this print is in the Government Art Collection. Click here for biography and other works by this artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Robert Tavener (1920-2004) Magdalen College, Oxford (artist’s proof) Signed Screenprint 69×48 cm (27.1×18.8 inches) Framed in a gilt frame Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
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John Piper (1903–1992)
Exeter College, Oxford (1977)
Screenprint Signed in pencil 81.9x61cm (32.2x24 inches) One of Piper's largest and most impressive prints, here featuring Gilbert Scott's chapel at Exeter. It is often claimed that Gilbert Scott based it on Paris's Sainte Chapelle. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: slight even age toning to paper, small area of repair to print. -
William Logsdail (1859-1944)
Trinity College Gateway, Oxford
Oil on canvas Signed W Logsdail (lower right) 37 x 29.5 cm (14.5 x 11.5 in) Biographical details and other works by Logsdail may be found by clicking here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Logsdail's skill at painting old stonework is particularly clear here, the crumbling stonework of the gateway has been created through the blending of a large spectrum of colours, creating a very realistic effect. -
Joseph Murray Ince (1806-1859) (attributed)
Balliol College, Oxford
Oil on board 22.5x29cm (9 x 11.5 in.) In a fine hand-finished black and gilt frame. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Brought up in Radnorshire, in Wales, Ince studied under David Cox from 1823-1826, and then exhibited at the Royal Academy. He was a drawing master at Cambridge University during the 1830s, during which period he painted many views of the Colleges of both Oxford and Cambridge, returning to Radnorshire in 1835. His works are in the collections of major galleries including the Tate, The V&A and The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. -
Alfred Daniels RBA RWS (1924-2015) All Souls, Oxford Acrylic on paper In a hand-finished white frame. 22x29.5cm (8.6x11.6 inches) Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
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Sir Hugh Casson CH, KCVO, PRA, RDI (1910-1999) St John’s College, Oxford, Canterbury Quad Signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘1988’ (on a label attached to the backboard) Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour 10.5 x 27cm (4 1/8 x 10 5/8in). Painted for inclusion in Hugh Casson’s Oxford (Phaidon Press Ltd, 1988). Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
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Henry William Brewer (1836 - 1903)
Panorama of Oxford (1893)
Pen and ink heightened with body colour 40 x 123 cm Signed and dated 1893. Published in The Graphic as a photogravure image. A huge and beautifully-detailed panorama of Oxford at the end of the nineteenth century. POA. 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 the city of Oxford. -
William Nicholson (1872 - 1949)
Front Quad, Wadham College, Oxford
Lithograph 26 x 34.5 cm Signed. Published by Stafford Gallery. 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. In 1902, he produced a series of watercolour, chalk, and pen drawings of Oxford which were published in 1905 by the Stafford Gallery as two portfolios of lithographs, with descriptions by Arthur Waugh (father of Evelyn Waugh). These dramatic depictions of Oxford show Nicholson’s interest in the effects of light and shade on the city’s architecture. Condition: generally very good. In conservation mount. 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.