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John Anderson Bell Art

1809-1865

John Anderson Bell was born in Glasgow. His father was James Bell, advocate and his sister Jane Cross Simpson the hymn-writer and poet. Following Edinburgh University, Bell spent 1829–30 in Rome as an art student, returning to the UK to serve his articles as an architect with Rickman and Hutchinson, the gothic revivalist practice in Birmingham. Subsequently, he practiced in Edinburgh, designing country houses, and the Victoria Buildings in Glasgow for the Conservative politician Archibald Orr Ewing in Scottish baronial style. Thirty of the engravings in John Le Keux’s magnificent 1847 book Memorials of Cambridge are from paintings by Bell.

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Artist: John Anderson Bell
John Anderson Bell King’s College Cambridge Chapel Interior c. 1840 watercolour
By John Anderson Bell
Located in London, GB
To see our many other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller". John Anderson Bell (1809-1865) King’s College Cambridge Chapel Interior Signed and indistinctly dated Watercolour c. 1840 53x39cm Bell was born in Glasgow; his father was James Bell, advocate and his sister Jane...
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