| 35 Will B Robinson Architectural Illustrator fl. 1892-1902 Sketches of Caen, France, 1894 Pen & ink Signed: WB Robinson, Caen & dated 94 Inscribed: Caen -Rambling sketches 15¾ x 10½ inches (40 x26.5 cms) See catalogue no: 36 Will B Robinson was an architectural draughtsman and illustrator who specialised in industrial subjects, views of international exhibitions and decorations. He contributed regularly to The Illustrated London News (1892-1900) and The English Illustrated Magazine (1895-97).  Catalogue no 36 |
36 Will B Robinson Architectural Illustrator fl. 1892-1902 Sketches of Antwerp, 1894 Pen & ink Signed: AntwerplAntwerp Exhibition 1894 15¾ x 10½ inches (40x26.5 cms) See catalogue no: 35  Catalogue no 37 37 J J Joass Architect 1868-1952 A Measured Drawing of the Decoration of a Wall at the House of Livia on the Palatine Hill, Rome, 1895 Watercolour over pencil Signed: J J Joass delt 1895 J J Joass June 95 Inscribed: Palatine Hill, Rome - Decoration of the House of Livia 19 x 31 inches (48.5 x 79 cms) J J Joass trained as a junior in the office of Burnet, Son and Campbell in Glasgow, leaving in 1889 to join the office of Sir Rowand Anderson in Edinburgh where he also studied at the College of Art. In 1892 Joass won the RIBA Pugin Prize and Travelling Studentship and in 1892 went to |
London where he entered the office of Sir Ernest George. A superb water-colourist Joass was awarded the RIBA Owen Jones Prize in 1895. In 1906 Joass joined the office of John Belcher who was his partner until Belcher's death in 1913. Buildings designed by Joass in partnership with Belcher include: Mappin & Webb, Oxford Street, W1 (1906-1908), Royal Insurance Building at St James's Street and Piccadilly SW1 (1907-1909), The Royal Society of Medicine, Henrietta Street, WC1 (1910-1912), Whiteley's, Bayswater, W2 (1910-1912). Other buildings designed by Joass include: Lex Garage, Brewer Street, Soho, W1, (1920's), Mappin & Webb, Regent Street, W1, (1922). Catalogue no 38 |