Grosvenor Prints

[Cambridge. Clare College and Bridge.] 63.
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] [Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.]

Clare College, Cambridge, was founded in 1326, and is the second-oldest college still forming part fo the University of Cambridge. Founded by Richard de Badew as University Hall, the college hit financial hardship, whereby it was refounded as Clare Hall by an endowment from Elizabeth de Clare. The bridge connects Old Court to Memorial Court. Old Court, built between 1638 and 1715, which answers the varying architectural styles from English Gothic to neo-classicism.
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[Cambridge. Gonville & Caius College, Gate of Honour.] 60. [Gonville and Caius College was founded in 1348 as the Hall of Annunciation by Edmund Gonville, who intended it to be a purely theological institution. It was removed to its present site in 1351, and re-founded in 1557 by Dr. Caius, who set his mark so firmly on the College that to-day it is commonly known as Caius (pronounced Keys). Now the College is famous for its association with natural sciences and medicine. In the early days, the College was entered through a small and insignificant doorway, called the Gate of Humility, now placed in the Master's garden. From there the student passed along a straight roadm shaded as now by trees, until he reached the Gate of Virtue (sometimes called the Gate of Wisdom). In the chambers adjoining, the student spent three years practising humility and acquiring virtue, after which he passed through the Gate of Honour to the Schools, where he received his degree. The Gate of Honour, besides being a university curiosity, is a most interesting example of early renaissance work.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] [Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.]
Etching, 280 x 260mm (11 x 10¼"), with very large margins. Mint.
The gate of honour at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
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[Cambridge. King's College, The Chapel.] 62. [The original designer is believed to have been Richard Close, Fellow of the College, and Bishop of Lichfield. The first stone of the Chapel was laid in 1446 by Henry VI., but the stonework was not complete until 1515, and the high altar was set up in 1545, ninety-nine years after the laying of the foundation stone. No building of the same date in England is better known that this Chapel, which is in many respects the most beautiful and most complete in this country. It is the standard specimen of that period of English pointed architecture to which the name of 'perpendicular' has been applied. The design is most striking and combines richness with simplicity of decoration, which justifies its being regarded as the pride and glory of Cambridge architecture. The workmanship throughout is of the most careful finish and of the boldest execution. The beautiful Italian scene was set up when Anne Boleyn was queen, and has her initials together with those of Henry VIII. It was the College of the poet, Rupert Brooke.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 259 x 284mm (10¼ x 11¼"), with very large margins. Mint
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[Cambridge. King's College, Gateway.] 57. [King's College was founded on its present site in 1440 by Henry VI., a second site being purchased in 1443-49, the King's intention being to unite the College exclusively with the school at Eton which he had recently founded. The influence of the royal founder lasted for many years, and up to 1850 undergraduates of the College received their degree without undergoing the University examinations. For many years it was the most unpopular college in Cambridge by reason of the privileges granted by the King and its immunity from University control. From the very beginning the King had intended the foundation to be regarded as separate from other colleges, at least in degree if not in kind. The gateway to the College is of elaborate but tasteless design, although at the time of its erection it was highly praised. It consists of a rectangular tower and dome 82ft. high standing in the centre of the four pairs of turrets ending in three spires with small pinnacles at each corner of the building. The whole design seems incongruous and lacking in dignity, standing as it does near to and overshadowed by the magnificence of the chapel.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 250 x 280mm (9¾ x 11"), with very large margins. Mint.
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[Cambridge. St. John's College, Bridge of Sighs.] 58. [The Bridge of Sighs connects the main buildings of St. John's College to the new court. It was designed by Thomas Rickman, an interesting man who started life as a grocer. The date of the building is early nineteenth century. The design of the structure was suggested by the Bridge of Sighs at Venice, which has sometimes given rise to unkind comparisons. It is certainly less graceful than Wren's bridge further down the river, but it nevertheless has charm and distinction. It is a single span, covered over, which gives it the appearance of a cloister; the sides are pierced with open perpendicular windows, the gratings being intended to prevent any nocturnal escape from the College. Only one under-graduate is known to have managed to squeeze between the bars.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 281 x 260mm. (11 x 10¼").
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[Cambridge. St. John's College, Gateway.] 55. [The building of this College was commenced in 1516 by John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. Fisher is one of the most renowned of all Cambridge men, being noted fro his charity to all men and particularly to the sick and destitute. His firm refusal to recognise Henry's divorce led to his arrest and execution in 1535. Thw tower which today forms the main entrance to the College is a delightful example of what may be achieved by the skillful use of red brick. The groining is of stone, as are also the elaborate decorations. In the centre a richly canopied niche contains the statue of St. John the Evangelist, holding his usual emblems, the chalice and serpent, and at his feet is the evangelist's symbol, the eagle. This statue was set up in 1662, and immediately above the gate is to be seen Lady Margaret's shield, the three lions of England and the three lilies of France, surmounted by two yales, beasts that in the zoology of heralds form the sub-species of the antelope.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 280 x 255mm. (11 x 10").
[Ref: 62257] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge. Trinity College, The Fountain.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 260 x 280mm (10¼ x 11").
The fountain in the Great Court of Trinity College, fed by a conduit leading from a spring more than a mile away.
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[Canongate Tolbooth.] 68. [Canongate Tolbooth, which stands amongst a number of other fine old buildings, built in 1591, when this was a separate burgh with it own magistrate. It is a good example of the French style of architecture, with its tower and corbelled turrets, forestair, and high dormer heads. Over the archway of the door are the words "Pro patria et posteris, 1591." The building contained a jail on the ground floor, and the Countil Chambers, or Court Room, on the first floor, where the Bailies of the Canongate gave their decisions, and where the councillors of the burgh met. The building ceased to have a separate municipal existence in 1856. The projecting clock was added in the last century.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 284 x 255mm. 11¼ x 10".
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[Chepstow Castle.] 75. Chepstow, which lies on the right bank of the River Wye, has been the scene of important events in English history. The old town was defended by a wall on the south and west sides, by the river on the east and on the north side of the Castle. This is of Norman and English construction, and was begun by one of the followers of William the Conquerer. The Castle is divided into four courts, with the encircling walls protected by a number of round towers, and with a deep ditch on the land side. On the left of the gateway is a large round tower, known as Marten's Tower, because for twenty years after the restoration of the monarchy it was the prison of Sir Henry Marten, one of the signatories to the death warrant of Charles I. In another part of the tower, Jeremy Taylor, the author of "Holy Living and Holy Dying," was detained as a political prisoner. The Castle to-day is largely in ruins.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 260 x 284mm. 10¼ x 11¼".
[Ref: 14647] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[Cleopatra's Needle and Waterloo Bridge] [No.5]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"), with very large margins.
View along the Embankment with Cleopatra's Needle in the foreground against the backdrop of Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House. Plane trees stretch all the way from Houses of Parliament to Blackfriars.
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[Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland.] 73. [Dryburgh Abbey was founded in 1150 by David I., and quickly became a rich and powerful community. Like Melrose, however, it was several times plundered by invading English troops, and after complete destruction in 1544, it was never rebuilt. The Abbey lands changed hands, and in 1700 belonged to forebears of Sir Walter Scott. Later, however, the Scott family had only the right to "stretch their bones" in the Abbey. The north transept contains the graves of Scott, his wife and family, and his son-in-law and biographer, J.G. Lockhart. Here too is the grave of Earl Haig, the hero of the 1914-1918 war. On the hillside behind the Abbey is a large statue of Wallace, erected by David, Earl of Buchan. The ruins of the Abbey and their lovely surroundings were presented to the nation in 1918 by Lord Glenconner.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 255 x 285mm. 10 x 11¼".
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[Courtyard of the New Inn, Gloucester.] 79. [The New Inn at Gloucester is amoung the dozen oldest hostels in England, having been built about 1455 by John Twining, a monk of the Abbey. It was the intention to give hospitality to the pilgrims to the shrine of Edward II., who was buried in the Abbey after being murdered (1327). People flocked to his tomb, miracles were reported, and the New Inn was built to accomodate the crowds. This ancient inn undoubtedly was the halting-place for countless pilgrims, and it remains a striking timbered building with a fine galleried courtyard. It was near here that Robert Raikes, the Father of Sunday Schools, was born.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 285 x 255mm. 11¼ x 10".
[Ref: 14651] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[Holyrood Palace, Scotland.] 72. [Holyrood Palace is the chief royal palace in Scotland, and the residence of Mary, Queen of Scots, for the six tragic years. The buildings are in an unimposing French style forming a quadrangle, with the historical apartments on one side the state apartments on the other. The Palace was begun in 1500 by James IV. Since the departure of James VI (1603) to ascend the English throne, Holyrood has seldom been visited, and never occupied for any length of time, by any crowned head. Queen Victoria occassionally used the Palace, and George V. and Queen Mary were in residence for some days n 1927.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching with accompanying letterpress text. 255 x 286mm. 10 x 11¼". Small crease to lower right corner
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, with a view of the ruined Augustinian abbey, founded in 1128 at the order of King David I of Scotland.
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[John Knox's Home. Edinburgh.] 71. [John Knox's house is an interesting old house projecting into the High Street of Edinburgh. Knox's 'manse' is known to have been further up the street, but it is believed that he lived here for some time, towards the end of his life. Over part of the front of the ground floor is an inscription "Lufe God abufe al, and thi nychtbour as thi-self." The house, which stands near the old lower gate of the City, was purchased by the Free Church. The interior is well preserved and many relics of Knox are stored there. Perhaps the most interesting is the study where the great reformer is traditionally believed to have worked until a fortnight before his death.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 256 x 285mm. 10 x 11¼".
John Knox (c.1510-1572) was Scottish clergyman and leader of the Protestant Reformation, and considered to be the founder of the Presbyterian denomination. Educated at the University of St Andrews and influenced by reformers such as George Wishart, he joined the movement to reform the Scottish church.
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[Kenilworth Castle.] 21. [The Castle was built in 1122 by Geoffrey de Clinton, Chamberlain to Henry I. In the reign of King John, the Castle reverted to the Crown, the King paid several visits to it and he is believed to have constructed Lunn's Tower in the western corner. The Castle played an important part in the history of this country, and is associated with Simon de Montfort, the father of the British Parliament, and with Queen Elizabeth who was sumptuously entertained there by her favourite, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. These entertainments were of times most fantastic and extravegant, and one costing Leicester £1,000 a day is reported to have lasted seventeen days. Sir Walter Scott has made Kenilworth almost as famour as Shakespeare did Stratford. It is thought likely that Shakespeare when a boy may have travelled to Kenilworth to see some of the gorgeous entertainments given by the Earl of Leiciester, and that in "Midsummer Night's Dream" he re-produced his youthful impressions.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 257 x 288mm. 10 x 11¼".
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[Peter Pan.] [No.9]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching with original description sheet. 200 x 140mm (5½ x 8") large margins. Slight mount stain.
View of the statue of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan held in Kensington Gardens in Hyde Park. The statue was commissioned by Peter Pan author J. M. Barrie and sculpted by Sir George Frampton in 1912, and was erected secretly overnight on the eve of May Day 1912.
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[Cambridge. Trinity College, King Edward's Gate.] 54. [Trinity College was founded in 1546 by Henry VIII., whose statue is above the gateway. It was formed by the amalgamation of a number of older foundations dating from 1324-1336. The Library of Trinity College was built by Wren, who took as his example the Sansovino Library of St. Mark, Venice. The north side of the court is occupied partly be the Chapel with a gateway-tower in the middle (at west end of the Chapel) known bu the name of King Edward's Gate. It was built about 1426-30, and is of quite a different character from that of the later and heavier gate (or Queen's Gate). Thiw was the first gateway-tower with four turrets to be erected in Cambridge; a form of tower which became characteristic of Cambridge colleges. Thomas Neville built westwards of the Gate a new range containing the Library, thus completing the north side of the quadrangle. Among the famous men of the college are John Donne, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Sir Issac Newton, George Crabbe, Lord Morley, Lord Byron and Lord Tennyson.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching. 280 x 255mm (11 x 10"), with very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62268] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Linlithgow Castle.] 66. [Linlithgow Palace is a fine example of a fortified palace, with a most attractive inner quadrangle, which dates from the 14th century. It was destroyed by fire in 1746, and since then has remained roofless. The Palace was for many years a favourite seat of Scottish royalty. Prince Charles was entertained here in 1745, and James IV., James V. and Mary of Guise held court, and Parliamentes and Councils sat here. The quadrangle contains a richly sculptured fountain built by James V. On one side of the building is the Great Hall, with its finely carved fireplace and a minstrel's gallery. In the Royal Apartments, were born James V. (1512) and Mary, Queen of Scots (1542). Although largely in ruins to-day, the Castle, situated as it is almost surrounded by the Loch, is an imposing and impressive building.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 259 x 285mm. 10¼ x 11¼".
[Ref: 14638] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon.] 25. [The original Shakespeare memorial, consisting of a theatre, picture gallery and library, built in 1877, was largely destroyed by fire in 1926. At the request of the governors, the Royal Institute of British Architects instituted a competition to open to architects in the British Isles, Canada and the United States of America. The plan chosen was that of Miss Elizabeth Scott, and the new building was opened in April, 1932. It is a brick building of bolds, rather severe, outlings, standing in an unrivalled position on the bank of the Avon. The shell of the old theatre was converted into a fine Conference Hall seating between four and five hundred persons. The theatre is elaborately equipped to ensure the same continuity of scenes as the plays had in Shakespeare's day. Every year the theatre presents a festival of plays both by Shakespeare and other playwrights.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 257 x 280mm. 10 x 11".
[Ref: 14613] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Corpus Christi College, Oxford.] [No.45.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 201 x 140mm. 8 x 5½". Mint.
A view of the quadrangle in Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The college is note for the pillar sundial as seen here in the main quad, and is known as the Pelican Sundial, which was erected in 1581 by Charles Turnbull.
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[Magdalen College and Bridge, Oxford.] [No.47.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 140 x 202mm (5½ x 8"), very large margins. Mint.
A view of Magdalen College and the bridge that crosses the River Cherwell. The large, square tower of the college, has a tradition that the college choir sings from the top at 6 a.m. on May Morning, a tradition carried since the days of Henry VII.
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[Magdalen College from the Quadrangle, Oxford.] [No.48.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 202 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), very large margins. Mint.
A view of the Founders Tower from the Cloister Quadrangle, Magdalen College, Oxford University.
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[New College, Oxford.] [No.51.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 203 x 140mm. 8 x 5½". Mint.
The rear entrance to New College, in New College Lane, Oxford. New College is one of the oldest of the Oxford colleges, having originally been founded in 1379. The college was originally established for the education of priests, there being a shortage of properly educated clergy after the black death.
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[Oriel College.] [No.50]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 201 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), very large margins. Mint.
The front entrance to Oriel College, Oxford University looking north along Oriel Stret towards the Spire of the University Church St Mary the Virgin.
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[St John's College, Oxford.] [No.49.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 202 x 140mm. 8 x 5½". Mint.
A view of the entrance to the Great Lawn and Groves at the Canterbury Quad at St John's College, Oxford. The quad was the first example of Italian Renaissance architecture in Oxford.
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[St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.] [No.52]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 198 x 140mm. 7¾ x 5½".
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. The south porch, seen here, was built in 1637 and designed by Nicholas Stone, master mason to Charles I. It is a highly eccentric baroque porch with spiral columns supporting a curly pediment framing a small niche with a statue of the Virgin and Child, underneath a gothic fan vault.
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[Houses of Parliament from the South West.] [No.2]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching with letterpress text slip. Plate 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"), with very large margins.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from across the river looking towards the Lord Chancellor's chambers.
[Ref: 62209] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Clock Tower, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament.] [No.10.] [The Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament overlooking Westminster Bridge, contains the famous bell, so named in compliment to Sir Benjamin Hall, the First Commissioner of Works at the time the bell was cast. It weighs 13½ tons, and its chimes, which can be heard over a wide area of London, are broadcast daily as time signal by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Clock, reputed to be finest time keeper in the world, is wound by an electric motor. The faces of the Clock are illuminated when the House of Commons is in session. The minute hands are 14 feet long, and the minute spaces are one foot square. A Latin inscription round the dial four times asks God to save Victoria the First.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[Copyright. F.&M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.] [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 200 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"), very large margins.
A view of the Big Ben clocktower from Westminster Bridge.
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[Cambridge. Queen's College, President's Gallery.] 59. [Queen's College was founded in 1446 by Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth Wydvil. The whole of the first court, together with the Library and Chapel, was finished within a few years of the foundation. The President's Gallery, which was superimposed on the older northern cloister, is a beautiful and little altered specimen of the domestic architecture of the 16th Century. It was panelled by Humphrey Tindal, who was President between 1579 and 1614. The Gallery, one of the oustanding buildings in Cambridge, consists of one large room; in addition to the fine timber work and picturesque windows, it is notable for some fine paintings, including one by Reynolds and one by Holbein of Erasmus, who is the most famous of all the names associated with the College. The exterior of the Gallery was originally even more striking than it is now; 17th century prints show that all the windows on the court side were double decker bow windows resting on wooden pillars and surmounted by lofty turrets. They proved too heavy, and were reduced to the present proportions, the middle window remaining closest to the original design for all three of them.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 285 x 255mm (11¼ x 10"), with very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62266] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Ross-on-Wye.] 76. [The attractive market town of Ross lies on the River Wye in Herefordshire. The town's most prominent building is the thirteenth century church, which stands on a rock overlooking the town, with its graceful spire a conspicuous landmark for miles around. It is opposite to the Markey Hall, a building or red sandstone erected in the reign of Charles II. The quiet, pleasant streets of Ross have made the town a favourite with artists and writers, amongst them Charles Dickins. It was here that he met his friend and biographer, John Forster, and decided to undertake his American reading tour of 1867-8; also associated with the town is the charitable and eccentric John Kyrles, immortalized by Alexander Poper as "The Man of Ross." Ross-on-Wye is in every way a typical market town of the West Country.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 249 x 279mm. 9¾ x 11".
[Ref: 14648] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[The Lindgate, Rye.] 39. [Rye was on the places which was added, with Winchelsea, to the confederation of the Cinque Ports of Henry II. in the thirteenth century. The Lindgate, or as it is now called the Landgate, is the only survival of the three portals which were built by Edward III. in 1360 as a part of Rye's fortifications. It is a beautifully proportioned massive building consisting of a broad archway flanked by massive towers with upper chambers. The Gate, although well preserved, shows many scars of battle, proving it was built for use and not ornament. Some years ago it was renovated with great care, and now forms a picturesque and interesting relic.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 256 x 282mm. 10 x 11".
[Ref: 14620] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[Courtyard of the Mermaid Inn, Rye.] 43. [The best view of the Mermaid Inn from the exterior is of the courtyard, which is of typical sixteenth century construction, and has been described as the most photographed inn in Sussex. It is certainly one of the most famous, for as far back as can be traced there has always been a Mermaid Inn at Rye. The town was for many years the headquarters of gangs of smugglers, who committed many violent crimes in the neighbourhood, and who used to frequent this famous inn. Many exciting stories are told of their association with the place. It is reported to have a secret staircase and a hidden well used by the smugglers. Whether all the stories are true or not, the Inn is still a most picturesque and fascinating survival from a very early age.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng. [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 280 x 255mm (11 x 10"), very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62270] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Mermaid Inn, Rye.] 40. [The Mermaid Inn is a rambling, half-timbered building, and one of the best examples of old English domestic architecture in existence. It has broad open fireplaces, with great beams over its rafted ceilings, Dutch tiling and fine panelled rooms. Although the Inn has been modernized and is now a private hotel, the restoration work has been sympathetically done, and it still retains the atmosphere of a seafarers' inn of the old times. The Inn has many literary and historical associations, and was almost certainly known to John Fletcher, the well known Elizabethan dramatist, was was born in Rye. One of the interesting stories of the Inn is that concerning the ghost which is said to appear at midnight. Many writers and artists have lived in the town, including William Thackeray, Millais, Ruskin and Henry James.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 280 x 260mm. 11 x 10¼".
[Ref: 14621] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[Ypres Tower, Rye.] 42. [Ypres Tower is the oldest secular building in the Cinque Ports, with the exception of Dover Castle. At the time of its erection by William de Ypres, Earl of Kent, in the twelfth century, it was the only protection of the town, the walls and gateways being of a later date. The Tower was the last retreat of the people of Rye on the many occassions when the French sacked the town. Built on the summit of a rock rising sheer out of the sea, it was of great strength as a fortress. It is built of sandstone, with four circular turrets, of two stories and a basement. From the corners of each room massive iron-studded doors lead to the towers, the walls of which are four feet thick. For some two hundred years the tower was in use as a prison; to-day it stands as a picturesque reminder of the long history of the small town.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 256 x 284mm. 10 x 11¼".
[Ref: 14623] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

[Scott's Memorial. Princes Street, Edinburgh.] 64. [The monument to Sir Walter Scott is a graceful Gothic cross or tower, about 200 feet high. It forms a canopy beneath which is a figure of Scott seated with his favourite dog, and was carved in grey Carrara marble by Sir John Steell. The monument was erected between 1840 and 1844 from the design of George Kemp, a young architect who while travelling through Europe in order to study Gothic architecture, supported himself by working as an ordinary mason. In the niches are characters from some of Scott's work - Prince Charles Stewart, the Lady of the Lake, Meg Merrilies, and the Last Minstrel being the most notable, while the capitals of the pilasters supporting the vaulted roof are ornamented by likenesses of celebrated Scottish writers, including Burns, Hogg, Allan Ramsay, Smollett, Byron, James Thomson, James 1st and Drummond of Hawthornden. In the background may be seen the Castle.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image].
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 280 x 255mm. 11 x 10".
[Ref: 14636] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[Radlett Camera, Oxford.] [No.46.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 201 x 139mm (8 x 5½"), with very large margins. Mint.
Brasenose College, Oxford, an entrance seen from the quad showing the domed-roof of the Radlett Camera building behind, now part of the Bodleian Library.
[Ref: 62261] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ Church College, Oxford.] [No.53.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 202 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), with very large margins. Mint.
A view of the Tom Tower, named for its bell, Great Tom, which is the main entrance to Christ Church College, Oxford. The tower with its octagonal lantern and facetted ogee dome was designed by Christopher Wren and built 1681-82.
[Ref: 62262] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge. St. John's College. Chapel.] 61. [St. John's College was founded in 1511 through the beneficence of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII., on the suppression of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist (founded about 1200). The College was brought into existence by the exertions of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who supervised the building and drew up the first statutes. The original Master's Lodgings and Chapel, which formerly stood on the north side, were pulled down in 1869. The new Chapel was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, and stands on the site of what was previously a maze of rooms known as "The Labyrinth" which once housed many of the poorer scholars. It contains effigies and monuments to eminent benefactors, removed from the old Chapel, together with the fine old stalls and the piscina of early 13th century workmanship. Of the famous men associated with the College, the best known are William Cecil, Lord Burghley (who was Chancellor 1559-98) Sir John Cheke, and his pupil Roger Ascham, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Richard Green, Samuel ("Erewhon") Butler, Bishop Wilberforce and William Wordsworth.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 259 x 284mm (10¼ x 11¼"), with very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62264] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[London St. Paul's From the River. No. 7.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching with letterpress text slip. Plate 195 x 140mm. (7¾ x 5½"). Mint.
View across the Thames to St Paul's Cathedral, from the south bank; sailing craft on the river in foreground. Offered with original printed title label (with descriptive text).
[Ref: 62218] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Staple Inn Courtyard.] [No.12]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 195 x 140mm. (7¾ x 5½"), very large margins. Offered with original letterpress sheet.
The quiet courtyard that is just behind the attractive façade of Staple Inn.
[Ref: 62213] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Hathway's Cottage. Stratford-on-Avon.] 17. [Anne Hathaway's Cottage, in the village of Shottery, one mile from Shakespeare's Birthplace, was the early home of Shakespeare's wife and of her family. The property was in the Hathaway family from the time of Henry VIII. to 1838. It is a thatched cottage of the Elizabethan period, and is preserved with much furniture of corresponding date. No building in England is more famous than this "humble" cottage, and no place excepting Shakespeare's Birthplace has more visitors. The cottage, or house, is furnished in a homely style. In one room is the famous courting settle beside the hearth, where it would be well in view of the parents sitting at either end of the chimney corner. The house is of interest as a typical thatched Elizabethan farmstead, but it is its association with Shakespeare that has made it a centre of attraction for visitors to Stratford.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 256 x 285mm.
[Ref: 14605] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Shakespeare's Birthplace, Stratford-on-Avon.] 18. [This building is a double two-storey gabled house. The room in which Shakespeare was born overlooks the street. The house once contained sixteen rooms, although now the attic floors have been removed to make room for a museum containing relics and documents relating to Shakespeare. The house is typical of those occupied by well-to-do tradesmen in the sixteenth century. The eastern portion was purchased by John Shakespear, the father, in 1556; the western half, which contains the room in which Shakespeare was born, was not purchased until 1575, although occupied by the family some years earlier. On his death, Shakespeare left the house to his sister, Joan Hart, and it remained in the possession of the Hart family until 1808, when it was purchased by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust In 1857-8 the Trustees carefully restored the building as nearly as possible to its original condition. The house has been a place of pilgrimage for thousands of visitors, and in the room in which the poet was born may be seen many signatures on the walls and windows, including those of Kean, Thackeray, Dickins and Sir Walter Scott. Nearly 150,000 persons visit this buidling annually, including many Americans.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Ethcing. 254 x 282mm. 10 x 11¼".
[Ref: 14606] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Grammar School, Stratford-on-Avon.] 23. [The Grammar School at Stratford-on-Avon is situated in the upper floor of the Guildhall. It was here that Shakespeare was educated, and it has been suggested that it was in the hall below that he had his first introduction to the drama, when it was visited by companies of strolling players. John Shakespeare, his father, was the High Bailiff (1569). The School was originally the School of the Guild of the Holy Cross, and as early as the reign of Edward I, this was a flourishing society associated for mutual benefit-religion, social and educational work. It was founded by Thomas Jolyffe centuries before the inhabitants obtained a Charter for the transference of the estates of the Guild to themselves. It is sometimes miscalled King Edward VI. School. The building was constructed in 1473, and was used for meetings of the Corporation down to 1842. Behind the Guildhall is the former "Pedagogue's House," now school-rooms, which was built about 1428.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 281 x 259mm. 11 x 10¼".
[Ref: 14611] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Harvard House.] 22. [Harvard House in the High Street of Stratford-on-Avon was the home of Katherine Rogers, afterwards Harvard, the founder of the American University of that name. It was carefully restored in 1909. Beneath the front window are inscribed the initials of Thomas and Alice Roger, parents of Katherine Rogers. Apart from its associations for Americans, the house is remarkable as a very fine and ornate example of late Elizabethan timber-work, anticipating the style known as Jacobean. The entire front is covered with a profusion of carved ornament, to such an extent that little of the timber frame has been left plain. Above the bracket heads on the ground floor is the carving of a female head, somewhat mutilated, and possibly intended to be Queen Elizabeth. Other parts of the house are of later date, a fire in 1595 having destroyed parts of it. The upstairs parlous is notable for beautiful oak panelling and for its period furniture.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 285 x 252mm. 11¼ x 10".
[Ref: 14610] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Tower Bridge] [No.8]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 140 x 197mm. (5½ x 7 ¾"), with very large margins.
A View of Tower Bridge with Construction and a working Dock for the City in the background; traffic on the bridge and barges on the River Thames. Tower Bridge opened in June 1894.
[Ref: 62216] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[London. The Tower of London From the Thames. No.4.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching, plate 140 x 195mm (5½ x 7¾"), with very large margins, with accompanying descriptive letterpress label with title (as above).
The most famous view of the Tower of London.
[Ref: 62219] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[St Martin-in-the-Fields Church] [No.13]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 200 x 135mm. (8 x 5¼"), with very large margins. Offered with original letterpress sheet.
A view of the Western Door to St Martin-in-the-Fields Church on Trafalgar Square, with the front of the National Gallery on left.
[Ref: 62212] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[St Martin-in-the-Fields Church] [No.13]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Image: 201 x 134mm. (8 x 5¼"). Offered with original letterpress sheet.
A view of the Western Door to St Martin-in-the-Fields Church on Trafalgar Square, with the front of the National Gallery on left.
[Ref: 29221] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[University Tower, Bristol.] 81. [This modern tower (1925) of Bristol University is a striking landmark in the city, and fortunately escaped damage in the heavy air-raids of the last war. The tower is over two hundred feet in height, and contains a 10-ton bell which local patriotism has christened "Great George," in commemoration of the three Georges associated with the University---King George V. who opened the buildings, Sir George Oatley who designed them, and Sir George Wills who, with his brother, defrayed the cost of the tower and other parts of the building as a memorial to their father, who was the first Chancellor of the University. The Wills family are the founders and owners of the great tobacco industry of Bristol (W.D. and H.O. Wills), and for this reason the tower is sometimes irreverently named Smoke Tower.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 280 x 255mm. 11 x 10".
[Ref: 14653] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Caesar's Tower, Warwick Castle.] 20. [Caesar's Tower of Warwick Castle was built by Thomas de Beauchamp in the middle of the fourteenth century (1370). It is built on solid rock, and rises to a height of 150ft. The tower is of peculiar, if not unique, construction, in shape an irregular polygon with rounded outer walls. The basement contains a gloomy dungeon, on whose walls may be seen the drawings and scratchings of the prisoners, which show that even "airless dungeons and iron fetters cannot restrain the spirit." The inner gate is arranged so that blazing pitch or molten metal might be poured on the heads of any invaders attacking the Castle. From the Tower extends the range of buildings containing the hall and the apartments of the Castle. The buildings are the most attractive relics of feudal times to be seen in England to-day.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 279 x 252mm. 11 x 10".
[Ref: 14608] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

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