An Architectural Fantasy

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Professor Albert Edward Richardson P.R.A. (London 1880-1964 Bedfordshire)
An Architectural Fantasy
pen and black ink and watercolour, on paper
8¾ x 14 in. (22.5x 35.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This architectural fantasy seems to be an idealized drawing of a monumental square bringing together various elements of classical architecture. The distant hills, poplar trees and central rotunda building, (reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome) give this fantasy a distinctly Classical feel. Other features include two obelisks on either side of a colonnaded entrance gate.

We are grateful to John Harris and Charles Hind for their assistance with cataloguing the group of architectural fantasies.

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