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Several of her friends also refused to pay taxes and started a women’s newspaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In 1859 Babb started campaigning for the admission of female students to the Royal Academy schools and resulted in her own admission in 1861. Babb was among the first female students at the Royal Academy Schools. Throughout her career Babb exhibited widely with arts societies including the Royal Society of British Artists, the British Institution, and the Society of Women Artists, among many others. She was a frequent exhibitor at the Dudley Galleries from 1862. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBabb produced oil paintings and watercolours in a typical Pre-Raphaelite mode and with a strong emphasis on female figures and associated subjects (such as the Annunciation and story of Saint Cecilia). 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His modernist paintings often feature rich, bold, vibrant colours and are arranged in broad clean areas of colour with clearly defined sharp edges in a simplified two-dimensional composition.   Sheets enrolled in Southern California's acclaimed professional art school, the Chouinard Art Institute, studying under Clarence Hinke and F. Tolle Chamberlin. At just 19, his watercolours were accepted into the California Watercolour Society's Annual Exhibition and, while still enrolled at Chouinard, he was hired to teach watercolour painting there. Shortly after finishing school, he gained recognition for his work, exhibiting in the United States and internationally. Sheets was so successful that he was able to travel throughout the world, usually depicting his experiences in watercolour.  Sheets was highly regarded for his work in many fields tangential to painting. A master artist, he also excelled as a teacher, war artist correspondent, sculptor, architect and mural designer. He designed and oversaw the implementation of over 100 public murals, and as one of the directors of the WPA Art Program for Southern California, his leadership and impact on the local art world cannot be overstated. Sheets spent 20 years teaching at Scripps College and six years as the director of the Otis Institute before retiring to Mendocino County in 1960. His paintings can be found the collections of numerous significant museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, and the National Gallery in Washington D.C\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137909362873,"sku":"00091","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/sheets1.jpg?v=1649077989"},{"product_id":"imari-19th-century-pair-of-porcelain-dogs","title":"Imari - 19th Century Pair of Porcelain Dogs","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA highly decorative pair of matching 19th century porcelain Dogs, by Imari.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMounted upon lamps and in very good condition. 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In 1924, he was awarded the Prix de Rome Scholarship, enabling him to continue his studies in Italy. 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This piece is screwed at the corners to a timber backing board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePallant House Gallery collaborated with the artist Peter Blake to create this multiple. The edition was part of the ‘Art For All’ ethos inspired by the ‘Sickert to the Sixties’ exhibition of prints and multiples at the Gallery in 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWidely regarded as the godfather of British Pop art and the Young British Artists movement, Peter Blake creates paintings, collages, and prints that blend modernity and nostalgia. Though best known for designing the album cover for the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, he considers painting to be central to his oeuvre. While celebrity figures inform his work, folk art, fairground signs, and an overall sense of nostalgia also influence his style. In 1997, at the age of 65, Blake emotionally retired from painting, he said, and entered what he calls his late period. He continues to work but is no longer interested in the art world’s opinion of his art, instead creating what he wants regardless of its relation to his previous paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBobbie Rainbow is the fictional daughter of Babe Rainbow, herself a fictitious lady wrestling character created by Peter Blake in 1968 (and the subject of a similar Lithograph on tin edition, created for the BIBA store, in 1968), who in turn was the daughter of the infamous Doktor K. Tortur\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCondition - Unfortunately, the print has a scratch at top right and a small dent in the same place. 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Born into a family tradition of Italian stonecutting, the scene was set for his own artistic preoccupation with three-dimensional form. Corda trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and continues to live and work in Paris. His work has been exhibited internationally, and he has received honours including the scholarship of the Casa Velasquez, Madrid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn Petit Merou, Corda has turned his attention to a marine form. The Merou (grouper) is sensitively rendered, but on a surprisingly large scale, and this sense of drama is extended in its presentation. A high-shine silver patina achieved by applying nickel plate to the bronze catches the eye, while the specific installation case allows the sculpture to be suspended within the space and surrounded by strings of silver beads, breaking up the surface of the sculpture and adding a sense of movement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42204629663929,"sku":"","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/cordafish.jpg?v=1650486188"},{"product_id":"mid-century-8-seater-dining-extended-able-set-with-upholstered-chairs","title":"Mid Century 8 Seater Dining Extended-able Set with Upholstered Chairs","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mid century modern dream, 8 beautifully upholstered chairs (both back and seat cushion) in original buttery beige woven fabric. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully extendable table that goes from circular to oval with hide it away inside mechanism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003echairs in perfect condition and table with some minor marking and ware consummate with age. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChairs H 74 cm, D 50 CM, W 57 cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTable 280 cm  Diameter (opens to 201 cm x 138 cm) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42227038060729,"sku":"","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/IMG_3772.jpg?v=1650979915"},{"product_id":"spanish-colonial-school-oil-on-canvas","title":"Spanish Colonial School Oil On Canvas","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MOdxS\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_7UhW9   xLCgt      MMzan   KV-D4            se6yk       T0kll\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize – 30 x 44 cm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery interesting Spanish Colonial School Oil on Canvas c1840. The sea is visible in the background, we think this may be somewhere in South America or maybe even Cuba. Either way it makes for a lovely paining to compliment a wide range of interior style and colour palette. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qF0y9          Igw0E     IwRSH      eGOV_       acqo5   _4EzTm   pjcA_                                                         aGBdT\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245124784313,"sku":"","price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/PHOTO-2022-05-01-15-42-172.jpg?v=1651506586"},{"product_id":"nicholas-mace-british-b1949-oil-on-canvas-shooting-scene","title":"Nicholas Mace British b1949  Oil On Canvas, Pheasant Shooting Scene","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 22 x 32 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in London in 1949, Nicholas Mace has always been fascinated by every aspect of wildlife and field sport, and his realistic and detailed paintings reflect his extensive knowledge and love of the countryside. Having started painting as a young boy, by the age of fifteen he was selling his pictures in open-air shows in London. Later he started work as a designer in a commercial art studio and later left the commercial world to devote himself entirely to painting. He has now earned an excellent reputation as a sporting and landscape painter, his works having been exhibited at the British Game Fair since 1972, and are now avidly collected in Europe and the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245230035129,"sku":"","price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/PHOTO-2022-05-01-15-41-132.jpg?v=1651508022"},{"product_id":"nicholas-mace-british-b1949-oil-on-canvas-partridge-shooting-scene","title":"Nicholas Mace British b1949 Oil on Canvas Partridge Shooting Scene","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MOdxS\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_7UhW9   xLCgt      MMzan   KV-D4            se6yk       T0kll\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 38 x 49 cm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in London in 1949, Nicholas Mace has always been fascinated by every aspect of wildlife and field sport, and his realistic and detailed paintings reflect his extensive knowledge and love of the countryside. Having started painting as a young boy, by the age of fifteen he was selling his pictures in open-air shows in London. Later he started work as a designer in a commercial art studio and later left the commercial world to devote himself entirely to painting. He has now earned an excellent reputation as a sporting and landscape painter, his works having been exhibited at the British Game Fair since 1972, and are now avidly collected in Europe and the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qF0y9          Igw0E     IwRSH      eGOV_       acqo5   _4EzTm   pjcA_                                                         aGBdT\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_7UhW9  PIoXz       MMzan    _0PwGv          uL8Hv\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ctime class=\"FH9sR RhOlS\" datetime=\"2022-05-02T11:41:03.000Z\" title=\"May 2, 2022\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245239341241,"sku":"","price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/PHOTO-2022-05-01-15-41-13.jpg?v=1651508555"},{"product_id":"nicholas-mace-british-b1949-fly-fishing-scene","title":"Nicholas Mace British b1949 Fly Fishing Scene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 19 x 28 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in London in 1949, Nicholas Mace has always been fascinated by every aspect of wildlife and field sport, and his realistic and detailed paintings reflect his extensive knowledge and love of the countryside. Having started painting as a young boy, by the age of fifteen he was selling his pictures in open-air shows in London. Later he started work as a designer in a commercial art studio and later left the commercial world to devote himself entirely to painting. He has now earned an excellent reputation as a sporting and landscape painter, his works having been exhibited at the British Game Fair since 1972, and are now avidly collected in Europe and the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245245894841,"sku":"","price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/NickMacefishingwholeframe.jpg?v=1651508973"},{"product_id":"hugo-scheiber-hungarian-1873-1950-jazz","title":"Hugo Scheiber Hungarian 1873 – 1950 JAZZ","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEvocative 1930s oil by the Hungarian modernist artist Hugo Scheiber 1873 – 1950. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Oil on paper laid on board c1930s \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Size 59 x 40 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Hugó Scheiber was brought from Budapest to Vienna at the age of eight where his father worked as a sign painter for the Prater Theater. At fifteen, he returned with his family to Budapest and began working during the day to help support them and attending painting classes at the School of Design in the evening, where Henrik Papp was one of his teachers. He completed his studies in 1900. His work was at first in a post-Impressionistic style but from 1910 onward showed his increasing interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. This made it of little interest to the conservative Hungarian art establishment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHowever, in 1915 he met the great Italian avant-gardist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the two painters became close friends. Marinetti invited him to join the Futurist Movement. The uniquely modernist style that he developed was, however, closer to German Expressionism than to Futurism and eventually drifted toward an international art deco manner similar to Erté's. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádar held an exhibition at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. It was a great success and at last caused the Budapest Art Museum to acquire some of Scheiber's drawings. Encouraged, Scheiber came back to live in Vienna in 1920. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA turning point in Scheiber's career came a year later, when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm, and of the Sturm Gallery in Berlin, became interested in Scheiber's work. Scheiber moved to Berlin in 1922, and his paintings soon appeared regularly in Walden's magazine and elsewhere. Exhibitions of his work followed in London, Rome, La Paz, and New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eScheiber's move to Germany coincided with a significant exodus of Hungarian artists to Berlin, including László Moholy-Nagy and Sándor Bortnyik. There had been a major split in ideology among the Hungarian avant-garde. The Constructivist and leader of the Hungarian avantgarde, Lajos Kassák (painted by Hugó Scheiber in 1930) believed that art should relate to all the needs of contemporary humankind. Thus he refused to compromise the purity of his style to reflect the demands of either the ruling class or socialists and communists. The other camp believed that an artist should be a figurehead for social and political change. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe fall out and factions that resulted from this politicisation resulted in most of the Hungarian avantgardists leaving Vienna for Berlin. Hungarian émigrés made up one of the largest minority groups in the German capital and the influx of their painters had a significant effect on Hungarian and international art. Apart from the political activists, there were independent Modernists such as Scheiber and Kádár, who hoped to find fertile ground for their aesthetic and social idealism. Hugó Scheiber, among others, suddenly found himself in the upper echelons of the dynamic Berlin art world. Another turning point of Scheiber's career came in 1926, with the New York exhibition of the Société Anonyme, organized by Katherine Dreier. Scheiber and other important avantgarde artists from more than twenty-three countries were represented. In 1933, Scheiber was invited by Marinetti to participate in the great meeting of the Futurists held in Rome in late April 1933, Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista where he was received with great enthusiasm. Gradually, the Hungarian artists began to return home, particularly with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Kádar went back from Berlin in about 1932 and Scheiber followed in 1934. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHe was then at the peak of his powers and had a special flair in depicting café and cabaret life in vivid colors, sturdily abstracted forms and spontaneous brush strokes. Scheiber depicted cosmopolitan modern life using stylized shapes and expressive colors. His preferred subjects were cabaret and street scenes, jazz musicians, flappers, and a series of self-portraits (usually with a cigar). A highly prolific workman, he produced well over 1500 works (nearly 1300 are still listed on\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en\u0026amp;q=http:\/\/www.artnet.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1651953883146000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2su3g7uzYcgFwQSX7hHpLn\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/\"\u003ewww.artnet.com\u003c\/a\u003e), his principal media being gouache and oil. He was a member of the prestigious New Society of Artists and seems to have weathered Hungary's post–World War II transition to state-communism without difficulty. He continued to be well regarded, eventually even receiving the posthumous honor of having one of his images used for a Soviet postage stamp (see image above). Hugó Scheiber died in Budapest in 1950. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMuseums and Exhibits \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePaintings by Hugó Scheiber form part of permanent museum collections in Budapest (Hungarian National Museum), Pecs (Jannus Pannonius Museum), Vienna, New York, Bern and elsewhere. His work has also been shown in many important exhibitions, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\"The Nell Walden Collection,\" Kunsthaus Zürich (1945) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\"Collection of the Société Anonyme,\" Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven,          Connecticut (1950) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\"Hugó Scheiber: A Commemorative Exhibition,\" Hungarian National Museum, Budapest (1964) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\"Ungarische Avantgarde,\" Galleria del Levante, Munich (1971) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\"Paris-Berlin 1900-1930,\" Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42262432841913,"sku":"","price":800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/IMG_3939.jpg?v=1651867812"},{"product_id":"herschel-astronomy-rare-atlas","title":"Herschel Astronomy Rare Atlas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize 34 x 34cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor all you stargazers and book collectors out there. A Herschel Star Atlas, 1866 from the library of Sir John Frederick William Herschel and inscribed by the author to Herschel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Stars in Twelve Maps on the Gnomonic Projection 1st Edition in original paper wraps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRichard A Proctor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLondon Longmans Green \u0026amp; Co 1866\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS 1792 – 1871 was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer who invented the blueprint, and did botanical work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHerschel originated the use of the Julian day system in astronomy. 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Hardie 155. A dramatic, tonal impression printed on simili-japon paper. Illustrated: Lumsden, The Art of Etching Signed in pencil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardie describes the scene, \"Through an opening between the heavy timbers of the old wooden bridge, beloved by Whistler, is seen a dredger at work in the river; on the mud, in the foreground to right, two baulks of timber with a chain attached\" (page 49).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShort wrote this description of Lumsden's book, The Art of Etching: \"For the distance through the span of the bridge a spirit-ground was used to give an air of transparency as opposed to the dust-ground for the bridge itself, which is more sodden in sympathy with the old timbers. The bridge part was got on the plate, in the first instance, by biting through biochromated gelatine, using for the transfer by a light a chalk-and-wash drawing on thin paper made transparent by varnish. This was afterwards strengthened by soft-ground and by re-biting with other aquatint grounds -- possibly two or three. The distance was done last by ordinary stopping-out. 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Col. Christian Monteith Hamilton of the 92nd Highlanders, and brother of British general Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton. His mother Corinna Vereker, daughter of John Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort, died when he was born. He followed his brother to Wellington College in 1871–73, and was destined for the army, and travelled to Dresden in 1873 to spend time with Colonel Drammers. However, he chose a career in art instead, following several years in Ceylon from 1873 to 1883 where he grew coffee. He studied art under Alphonse Legros at the Slade School where he won a prize in 1886 for landscape painting. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1886 onwards and at the Paris Salon, Glasgow and at the Grosvenor Gallery. He travelled to India in 1886 and spent a good deal of time there visiting Simla and Kashmir. 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His pieces were also displayed in major museums including the De Young Museum in San Francisco, the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, the Springfield Art Museum and the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe studied art in Vienna, and in Munich with the Viennese Secessionists, served with the Austrian Army in World War One, went to Paris where he studied art and became part of the School of Paris (Ecole De Paris)\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003emovement, married Helen Spitzer, ( later Helen Serger owner of the Helen Serger, La Boetle Galleries in Manhattan) moved to Scoczow in Poland \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003euntil 1939, meanwhile exhibiting at many museums in Warsaw, Cracow, Salon de Tuilleries and at the famous Salon d'Automme, both in Paris regularly. 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By 1838 he was in Paris, and some pencil drawings of French towns have survived from this period.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy 1843 Dodd had settled in Manchester and worked as a drawing master at a local school. From 1848 to 1850 he was a teacher of geometry, perspective, architectural and mechanical\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edrawing at Manchester School of Design, and continued to exhibit his own work. He married Harriet Binns, the daughter of a Stretford joiner, in 1850.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey soon left Manchester for North Wales and were listed in the 1851 Census as living in a house in Castle Ditch, Caernarfon. They had four children. Dodd was one of several engravers who produced editions of Hugh Hughes’ map of North Wales, caricatured as an old woman carrying a sack on her back, entitled Dame Venodotia alias Modryb Gwen.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSlater’s Directory 1858-59 lists Dodd as Architect and Surveyor, and was also described as drawing master to Lady Newborough. In about 1859, the Dodd family moved to Bangor. His reputation amongst local art collectors was well established by the 1860s.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1869, a Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition was held at the Penrhyn Hall, Bangor, in aid of the building funds of St. Mary’s Church and the new school at Glasinfryn. Dodd was responsible for superintending the exhibition arrangements and the hanging of the pictures. About fifteen of his watercolours were shown, all on loan from well-known local middle-class and artisan families. His paintings were hung alongside examples of European high art borrowed from the collections of some of the most notable North Wales families, including Lord Penrhyn and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. The exhibition included works by Canaletto, Gainsborough, Reynolds, David Cox and Thomas Creswick.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the National Eisteddfod at Bangor in 1874, Dodd was initiated to the Gorsedd in recognition of his contribution to various eisteddfodau. By 1888, he had left Bangor, and was living in Oldham, Lancashire, where he spent the last few years of his life. He died on June 20th 1894, aged 86 years, at the home of his son in Royton, near Oldham.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706068996281,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/IMG_5368.jpg?v=1660919092"},{"product_id":"peter-wishart-a-r-s-a-b-1846-on-the-beach","title":"Peter Wishart A.R.S.A. b.1846 \"On the Beach\"","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_a9zs\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePeter Wishart ARSA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1846-1932)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"On the Beach\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePastel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeautifully mounted, framed and ready to hang.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance Roger Billcliff Fine Art Gallery Glasgow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePortland Gallery, London (labels to verso, see images)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eimage size: 18 x 18 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrame 47 X 37 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_a9zs\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_a9zs\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_a9zs\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_a9zs\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_a9zs\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA charming and colourful pastel by Peter Wishart, an interesting and forward looking artist. He lived and worked in Edinburgh painting landscapes and seascapes in oil, watercolour and pastel in a broad style which was influenced by the later work of McTaggart. He captured the effect of a windy day on the coast or a storm in the mountains, using rich colours and broad brushstrokes which have Expressionist tendencies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_ab8w  _ab94 _ab99 _ab9f _ab9m _ab9p _abaj _abb- _abcm\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718017847481,"sku":"","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/IMG_53942.jpg?v=1661087283"},{"product_id":"c1810-miniature-portrait-on-card-of-lt-james-scott-1790-1872-royal-navy-fought-in-america","title":"C1810 MINIATURE PORTRAIT ON CARD OF LT JAMES SCOTT 1790-1872 ROYAL NAVY FOUGHT IN AMERICA","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eC1810 MINIATURE PORTRAIT ON CARD OF LT JAMES SCOTT 1790-1872 ROYAL NAVY FOUGHT IN AMERICA\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLT JAMES SCOTT (LATER ADMIRAL SCOTT)\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWatercolour on card circa 1810\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnknown artist\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize 16 x 16cm  frame\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize 9 x 7cm image\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA beautifully painted early 19th century watercolour on card of the then Lt James Scott 1790-1872. This pictures him as a Lieutenant (appointed 1809).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdmiral Sir James Scott, KCB (18 June 1790 – 2 March 1872), was a British Royal Navy officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812, and the First Opium War.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScott was born in London, the son of Thomas Scott of Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland. He joined the Navy in August 1803 as a first-class volunteer on board the frigate Phaeton, under the command of Captain George Cockburn. After taking the British Minister Plenipotentiary, Anthony Merry and his suite, to the United States, Phaeton sailed to the Cape of Good Hope, for operations against the French on the Isle de France. Scott was rated as a midshipman from September 1804. He returned to England in January 1806 with Captain Cockburn in the frigate Howe, with Marquess Wellesley aboard, returning from his time as Governor-General in India.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn February 1806 Scott joined the frigate Blanche, under Captain Thomas Lavie, and was present, on 19 July, at the capture of the French frigate Guerrière off the Faroe Islands. He rejoined Captain Cockburn in September to serve aboard Captain, cruising among the Western Islands and off Rochefort. From July 1807 to April 1808 he served aboard the 74-gun Achille, commanded by Captain Sir Richard King off Ferrol. He then rejoined Cockburn again to serve as master's mate aboard Pompee, which sailed to the Caribbean in late 1808, and took part in the reduction of Martinique in early 1809, during which Scott was slightly wounded.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe returned to England with Cockburn in Belleisle carrying the captive governor and garrison. Scott then took part in the Walcheren Campaign, commanding a gun-boat during the attack upon Flushing, and for his conduct he received a letter of thanks from Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, and on 16 November 1809 was appointed lieutenant aboard the sloop Fleche, Captain George Hewson. Scott was in her when she was wrecked off the mouth of the Elbe on 24 May 1810. In July he was appointed to the Barfleur on the Lisbon station, and in October joined the ship sloop Myrtle serving under Captain John Smith Cowan stationed off Lisbon, at the defence of Cádiz, and in the Mediterranean, and under Captain Clement Sneyd on the west coast of Africa until April 1812.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmerican War\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScott rejoined his former captain, now Commodore Cockburn, in Grampus at Cádiz. In August 1812 Cockburn was promoted to rear-admiral and Scott followed him into his flagship Marlborough, which in November sailed to the coast of North America to take part in the War of 1812. On 3 April 1813, Scott commanded one of Marlborough's boats as part of squadron, under the command of Lieutenant James Polkinghorne, which pushed 15 miles up the Rappahannock River and captured four schooners. On 22 June 1813, Scott had charge of the Marlborough's launch, during the failed attack on Craney Island; four days later he assisted at the capture of Hampton. In July, now serving aboard Sceptre, he commanded her launch at the capture of Ocracoke Island on the coast of North Carolina, and at the capture of the privateers Anaconda and Atlas. In 1814, now serving as first lieutenant of Albion, Scott took part in the storming two forts on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake, in the destruction of Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla on the Patuxent River, and served on shore as aide-de-camp to Rear Admiral Cockburn during the battle of Bladensburg, the burning of Washington, and at the failed attack on Baltimore.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCommander and later career\u003c\/div\u003e\nOn 19 October 1814 Scott was promoted to commander, but received no ship until 4 May 1824 when he was appointed.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718132895929,"sku":"","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/products\/IMG_8954.jpg?v=1661088981"},{"product_id":"map-of-rome-carta-topografica-del-suburbano-di-romai-1839-topographic-map-of-rome-and-its-surroundings-in-1839","title":"Map Of Rome Carta Topografica del Suburbano di Romai, 1839 (Topographic map of Rome and its surroundings in 1839)","description":"Carta Topografica del Suburbano di Romai, 1839\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(Topographic map of Rome and its surroundings in 1839)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEngraved by Filippo Trojani 1839\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize 117 x 106cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuperb hand coloured large topographical map of Rome and it surrounds. 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Rejoneadora I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eELISABETH FRINK 1930 – 1993\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned lithograph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRejoneadora I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrinted at Curwen Studios and published by Waddington Graphics (England). 1973\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDimensions: 57cm x 77cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis excellent example of Rejoneadora I is an Edition ltd to only 72. 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However, during Frère’s time, Algeria was just beginning to be more fully explored and the government began encouraging artists to travel to the French colony by offering traveling scholarships, different from the Prix de Rome, allowing them to experiment with painting in the near East.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharles-Théodore Frère was one of the first generation artists who committed themselves to Orientalist themes, immersing himself in this study throughout his lifetime.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA final analysis o f Frère’s and the other Orientalist’s contribution to the development of French art appeared in Lorinda Munson Bryant in French Pictures and Their Painters (London: T. 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(See label verso) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSir Osbert Lancaster, CBE (4 August 1908 – 27 July 1986) was an English cartoonist, architectural historian, stage designer and author. He was known for his cartoons in the British press, and for his lifelong work to inform the general public about good buildings and architectural heritage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe only child of a prosperous family, Lancaster was educated at Charterhouse School and Lincoln College, Oxford; at both he was an undistinguished scholar. From an early age he was determined to be a professional artist and designer and studied at leading art colleges in Oxford and London. While working as a contributor to The Architectural Review in the mid-1930s, Lancaster published the first of a series of books on architecture, aiming to simultaneously amuse the general reader and demystify the subject. Several of the terms he coined as labels for architectural styles have gained common usage, including \"Pont Street Dutch\" and \"Stockbroker's Tudor\", and his books have continued to be regarded as important works of reference on the subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1938 Lancaster was invited to contribute topical cartoons to The Daily Express. He introduced the single column-width cartoon popular in the French press but not until then seen in British papers. Between 1939 and his retirement in 1981 he drew about 10,000 of these \"pocket cartoons\", which made him a nationally known figure. He developed a cast of regular characters, led by his best-known creation, Maudie Littlehampton, through whom he expressed his views on the fashions, fads and political events of the day. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom his youth, Lancaster wanted to design for the theatre, and in 1951 he was commissioned to create costumes and scenery for a new ballet, Pineapple Poll. Between then and the early 1970s he designed new productions for the Royal Ballet, Glyndebourne, D'Oyly Carte, the Old Vic and the West End. His productivity declined in his later years, when his health began to fail. He died at his London home in Chelsea, aged 77. 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He is often referred to by his initials C. R. W. Nevinson and was also known as Richard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNevinson studied at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks and alongside Stanley Spencer and Mark Gertler. When he left the Slade, Nevinson befriended Marinetti, the leader of the Italian Futurists, and the radical writer and artist Wyndham Lewis, who founded the short-lived Rebel Art Centre. However, Nevinson fell out with Lewis and the other 'rebel' artists when he attached their names to the Futurist movement. 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The American artist \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theworldsartist.com\/artist\/mary-cassatt\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/theworldsartist.com\/artist\/mary-cassatt\"\u003eMary Cassatt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the French artist Louise Abbéma and the English artist Louise Jopling were among Chaplin's students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharles Joshua Chaplin made his debut at the Salon with portraits, but he also painted landscapes, especially the countryside and fields of Auvergne. His initial works, from 1848 to 1851, were painted in a more realistic style, which was a style that had been restored in France by the Second Republic. After the 1848 Revolution, the Realism art movement began in France in the 1850s. 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