DOI Heft:
No. 199 (October, 1909)
DOI Artikel:Dawson, R. A.: An illustrator of Celtic romance: John P. Campbell
DOI Artikel:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20968#0065
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
with carefully wrought detail, a richness in cos- This side of his work is most nearly approached
tume and accessory, an imagination and power of in the poster advertising the comedy entitled
design developed from a paucity of existing his- ' "Suzanne and the Sovereigns." The piece itself
toric material. Note, for instance, the varied is frankly farcical, and is a travesty upon a
designs on the shields, swords, buckles; the historical period—that of William III. and James
changes rung on the patterns of the costumes, II. The characters are historical but the setting
the stripes, chequers, borders of the homespuns, is grotesquely modern. The poster shows in the
reminiscent of the Celtic heroic period, and true two background figures the designer's capabilities
to what is known of its style, yet full of the variety in overcoming a difficult piece of drawing,
in arrangement of form and symbolism that we Finally, Mr. Campbell has learnt to use a pen
should expect in the careful handwork of an with the unfailing precision of a trained craftsman,
earlier age. In looking through a great number of original
It should be noted that Mr. Campbell has also drawings it was only possible to find two lines
produced a fine series of caricature portrait studies, which had required alteration after being put in
in which he has succeeded equally well, with a with pen and ink. There were no traces of erasure
great sense of humour and a distinct character, or Chinese white on the work whatever, all being
marked by a decorative feeling and strong drawing, fresh, strong and clear in expression.
R
ECENT DE-
SIGNS IN
DOMESTIC
ARCHITEC-
TURE.
The cottage at Bushey,
Herts, illustrated on page
44, was built and designed
by Mr. Harold Kennard,
of London and Amer-
sham, for an artist who
desired a simple but com-
fortable home treated in
a cottage style through-
out. The exterior is
roughcast left from the
float, with oak - stained
woodwork and leaded
lights, the roof being
covered with dark hand-
made tiles, and the
chimney - stacks of local
sand-faced bricks. The
interior is treated in a
similar manner through-
out, the whole of the
woodwork being stained
dark and the walls dis-
tempered, a special
feature being made of
the entrance, staircase,
and hall, over the fire-
place of which an old
POSTER FOR "SUZANNE AND THE SOVEREIGNS" BY JOHN P. CAMPBELL Oak beam from One of
43
with carefully wrought detail, a richness in cos- This side of his work is most nearly approached
tume and accessory, an imagination and power of in the poster advertising the comedy entitled
design developed from a paucity of existing his- ' "Suzanne and the Sovereigns." The piece itself
toric material. Note, for instance, the varied is frankly farcical, and is a travesty upon a
designs on the shields, swords, buckles; the historical period—that of William III. and James
changes rung on the patterns of the costumes, II. The characters are historical but the setting
the stripes, chequers, borders of the homespuns, is grotesquely modern. The poster shows in the
reminiscent of the Celtic heroic period, and true two background figures the designer's capabilities
to what is known of its style, yet full of the variety in overcoming a difficult piece of drawing,
in arrangement of form and symbolism that we Finally, Mr. Campbell has learnt to use a pen
should expect in the careful handwork of an with the unfailing precision of a trained craftsman,
earlier age. In looking through a great number of original
It should be noted that Mr. Campbell has also drawings it was only possible to find two lines
produced a fine series of caricature portrait studies, which had required alteration after being put in
in which he has succeeded equally well, with a with pen and ink. There were no traces of erasure
great sense of humour and a distinct character, or Chinese white on the work whatever, all being
marked by a decorative feeling and strong drawing, fresh, strong and clear in expression.
R
ECENT DE-
SIGNS IN
DOMESTIC
ARCHITEC-
TURE.
The cottage at Bushey,
Herts, illustrated on page
44, was built and designed
by Mr. Harold Kennard,
of London and Amer-
sham, for an artist who
desired a simple but com-
fortable home treated in
a cottage style through-
out. The exterior is
roughcast left from the
float, with oak - stained
woodwork and leaded
lights, the roof being
covered with dark hand-
made tiles, and the
chimney - stacks of local
sand-faced bricks. The
interior is treated in a
similar manner through-
out, the whole of the
woodwork being stained
dark and the walls dis-
tempered, a special
feature being made of
the entrance, staircase,
and hall, over the fire-
place of which an old
POSTER FOR "SUZANNE AND THE SOVEREIGNS" BY JOHN P. CAMPBELL Oak beam from One of
43