Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
Sir Albert Richardson, Houfe and Partners (1946-1964)
Lot 187

Sir Albert Richardson, Houfe and Partners (1946-1964)

Somerset House, London

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 2,250

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Sir Albert Richardson, Houfe and Partners (1946-1964)
Somerset House, London
inscribed 'SOMERSET HOUSE' (upper margin)/'RECONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH WING' (lower margin) and 'A.E. RICHARDSON. E.A.S. HOUFE. ARCHITECTS' (lower left) 'DRAWN BY F.S. SAMUELS/1950' (lower right)
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash, on paper
50 x 33 in. (127 x 83.7 cm.)

Specialist note

]n 1950 Richardson began work on the reconstruction of the South Wing of Somerset House, which had been extensively damaged during the Second World War.
See lot 181 for a note on Richardson's involvement with the reconstruction of London following the Second World War.

We are grateful to John Harris and Charles Hind for their assistance with cataloguing the group of architectural drawings.