DOI Heft:
No. 330 (September 1920)
DOI Artikel:Vallance, Aymer: Mr. Edmund H. New's ''Logan'' drawings
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21401#0078
MR. EDMUND H. NEWS "LOGGAN" DRAWINGS
" QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD "
DRAWN BY EDMUND H. NEW
whole composition. If one has a fault to
find with these beautiful drawings it is that
they are too uniformly pleasing, so that
unless one is personally acquainted with
the actual buildings depicted, and with
their respective dates, one might easily
mistake modern and unworthy accretions
for genuine antiquities. To say this, how-
ever, is to pay the highest tribute that
could be paid to Mr. New's claims as an
artist, a a a 0 a a
And now to come to details. Mr. New's
view of Exeter College (not here repro-
duced) is taken from the west, as were
both Loggan's and Williams's. Williams,
however, stands, as it were, looking
within the quadrangle only, omitting
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altogether the western range. The latter
was refaced by Underwood in 1834.
Mr. New gives an inset of Sir Gilbert
Scott's chapel from the south. The draw-
ing, as compared with David Loggan's,
shows how little of the original work
remains visible, the college having virtually
been remodelled by Scott between 1854
and i860. 0 0 a a 0
University College is viewed from the
north, but has been much extended since
David Loggan's time. The first addition
since then, begun in 1716 through the
munificence of Dr. Radcliffe, is of course
illustrated in Mr. New's drawing, as are
the later extensions to east and west,
including the incongruous dome, erected
" QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD "
DRAWN BY EDMUND H. NEW
whole composition. If one has a fault to
find with these beautiful drawings it is that
they are too uniformly pleasing, so that
unless one is personally acquainted with
the actual buildings depicted, and with
their respective dates, one might easily
mistake modern and unworthy accretions
for genuine antiquities. To say this, how-
ever, is to pay the highest tribute that
could be paid to Mr. New's claims as an
artist, a a a 0 a a
And now to come to details. Mr. New's
view of Exeter College (not here repro-
duced) is taken from the west, as were
both Loggan's and Williams's. Williams,
however, stands, as it were, looking
within the quadrangle only, omitting
62
altogether the western range. The latter
was refaced by Underwood in 1834.
Mr. New gives an inset of Sir Gilbert
Scott's chapel from the south. The draw-
ing, as compared with David Loggan's,
shows how little of the original work
remains visible, the college having virtually
been remodelled by Scott between 1854
and i860. 0 0 a a 0
University College is viewed from the
north, but has been much extended since
David Loggan's time. The first addition
since then, begun in 1716 through the
munificence of Dr. Radcliffe, is of course
illustrated in Mr. New's drawing, as are
the later extensions to east and west,
including the incongruous dome, erected