Lot 179
George Daniel Stevenson (British, 1845-1931), "View of Jermyn Street Turkish Bath, London, Showing the Brick Domed Steam Room with a View Beyond the Tile Pool", ink and watercolor on paper, unsigned, sheet 23 3/8 in. x 19 1/4 in., unframed Provenance: James R. Lamantia Jr., New Orleans and New York. Note: The Jermyn Street Turkish Baths, built in 1862 and destroyed by a Nazi bomb in World War II, are indicative of the 19th-century fascination with the Orient, particularly the Arab world with its mosques, sheiks, and souks. The architect for the baths, George Somers Clarke (1825-1882), trained with Sir Charles Barry and later became an important exponent of Ruskinian Gothic. Stevenson, a draftsman, detailed much of the Tower Bridge in London for Sir Horace Jones. After Jones' death, Stevenson took over work on the bridge. These two drawings, elaborately detailed and handsomely executed were probably prepared for presentation purposes. Exhibited: William R. Cullison and James Lamantia, An Eye for Architecture: Architectural and Decorative Drawings from the Collection of James Lamantia, Southeastern Architectural Archive, Tulane University, New Orleans,...
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