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New Monson Arms Hotel

Architectural Design
1959 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cecil Howitt and Partners Architects (architects)
John Harvey (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Architectural design in watercolour and pencil on paper of a pale yellow building, with a central block of two storeys, and single storey block to each side, with people and parked cars, trees at left and right, and a distant view of Lincoln and Lincoln Cathedral in the background; framed and in the original annotated mount.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Architecture
Object type
Architectural design
TitleNew Monson Arms Hotel (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Paper
Pencil
Watercolour
Painted
Brief description
Architectural design, the New Monson Arms Hotel, John Harvey, 1959
Physical description
Architectural design in watercolour and pencil on paper of a pale yellow building, with a central block of two storeys, and single storey block to each side, with people and parked cars, trees at left and right, and a distant view of Lincoln and Lincoln Cathedral in the background; framed and in the original annotated mount.
Dimensions
  • Frame height: 51cm
  • Frame width: 77.5cm
  • Frame depth: 3.8cm
Object framed and mounted so not possible to measure its actual dimensions
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'JOMHARVEY 59' (Signature on bottom right of watercolour.)
  • 'The Home Brewery Company Limited' (At bottom left of mount.)
  • 'THE NEW MONSON ARMS HOTEL Skellingthorpe Road Swanpool Lincoln' (At bottom centre of mount.)
  • 'Cecil Howitt and Partners Architects 1959' (At bottom right of mount.)
Places depicted
Lincoln
Lincoln Cathedral
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.299-2011

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Record createdJuly 12, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1225383/new-monson-arms-hotel-architectural-design-john-harvey/
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