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An Account of some ancient English Historical Paintings at Cowdry, in Sussex, by Sir Joseph Ayloffe, V.P.A.S., F.R.S., published 1775 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 3, article, pp.239-272)   View Online

In a Memoir which I formerly laid before the Society, touching the royal picture of the interview between King Henry VIII. and the French King Francis the First, I took notice of the advantages which might result to the historian and antiquary from a careful inspection of such remaining historic paintings and sculptures, as, being executed with accuracy and fidelity, are coaeval with the transactions they are intended to record.

Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood illustrated by a Series of Etchings and Historical Descriptions, by Paul Amsinck and engraved by Letitia Byrne, published 1810 (London: William Miller & Edmund Lloyd) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506727] & West Sussex Libraries   View Online

History and Antiquities of the Town and Port of Hastings illustrated by a series of engravings from original drawings, by William George Moss, published 1824 (xix + 206 pp., London: W. G. Moss) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Topographical sketches of Brighthelmston and its neighbourhood. Illustrated with twelve engravings by R. Havell, Jun., by E. W. Brayley, F.S.A., published 1825 (82 pp., London: Rodwell and Martin) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The history and antiquities of the Rape of Hastings, part 1, by William George Moss, published 1825 (London and Kennington: R. Jennings and W. G. Moss) accessible at: The Keep [AMS6113/5]

The Beauties and Antiquities of the County of Sussex forming a general illustration on one hundred and forty-nine spirited lithographic views from original drawings taken on the spot of its Ecclesiastical and Castellated remains, by James Rouse, published 1825 (2 volumes , London: J. F. Setchel) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Baxter's Select Sketches in Brighton, Lewes and their environs; forming a series of engravings on wood, with descriptions, published 1827 (Lewes: J. Baxter) accessible at: British Library

History of the Counties of Surrey and Sussex, illustrated by a series of views engraved on steel from original drawings by Nathaniel Whittock, by Thomas Allen, published 1829 (2 volumes, London: I. T. Hinton) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10554] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex - Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, St. Leonards, Rye . Forming also a guide to all the Watering Places, by John Docwra Parry and engraved by R. Martin, published 1833 (435 pp., Brighton: Wright & Son) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 48][Lib 17333] & The Keep [LIB/504860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Illustrations of Her Majesty's palace at Brighton, formerly the Pavilion, executed by the command of King George the Fourth under the superintendence of John Nash: to which is prefixed a history of the palace, by Edward Wedlake Brayley, published 1838 (London: J. B. Nichols & Son)

Hope's Pictorial Guide to Hastings & St Leonards, with numerous illustrations of public buildings, etc., and an alphabetical list of the plants, ferns, and algae, in the neighbourhood, by I. Hope, published 1847 (Hastings: I. Hope, East Parade)

Catalogue of Drawings relating to Sussex, by S. H. Grimm, in the Bodleian Library, by Rev. H. Wellesley, D.D., Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, published 1850 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 3, article, pp.232-238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2088] & The Keep [LIB/500222] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Picturesque Examples of Old English Churches and Cottages from Sketches in Sussex & Adjoining Counties, by Wm. Young, published 1869 (vi + 20 pp. & 30 leaves of plates, Birmingham: S. Birbeck) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries

The Churches of Sussex, with historical and archaeological descriptions, by Mark Antony Lower and etched by R. H. Nibbs, published 1872 (London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3235] & The Keep [LIB/502159] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries

Antiquities of Sussex, first series, by R. H. Nibbs, published 1874 (Brighton: Nibbs) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex, with original illustrations by Messrs. Thomas Batterbury and William Penstone, architects, by Dudley George Cary Elwes, F.S.A. and Rev. Charles John Robinson, M.A., published 1876 (London: Longmans & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 193][Lib 3236] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries   View Online

Shipping and Coast Scenes and Antiquities of Sussex, by R. H. Nibbs, published 1876 (Brighton: Nibbs)

Thirty views and scenery of Hastings, by Alfred Palmer, published c.1880 (30 leaves of plates, published by the author) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Contains 30 engravings of Hastings and district, each signed by Rock & Co., London, dated between 1852 and 1875

Picturesque Sussex: Drawings by S. E. Slader, by S. E. Slader, published 1881

On Recent Discoveries of Wall-Paintings at Chaldon, Surrey; Wisborough Green, Sussex; and South Leigh, Oxfordshire, by J. G. Waller, published 1881 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 30, article, pp.35-38)   View Online

The Portfolio of Sussex Views and Antiquities: being a Collection of Painter Etchings, by Alexander Ansted and Arthur E. Coombe, published 1893 (Brighton: W. J. Smith) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

24 tipped in plates on paper mounts. Plate 1: Bodiam Castle, signed by Ansted & Coombe. 2: Rye from the Marshes, signed by both. 3: Mermaid Street Rye, Signed by Ansted. 4: Camber Castle, Signed by both. 5:Battle Abbey, The Gateway, signed by both. 6: Hurst Monceau Castle, signed by both. 7: Pevensey Castle, not signed. 8: Michelham, signed by Ansted. 9: Wilmington Priory, no signed. 10: The Star Inn Alfriston, not signed. 11: Southover Street Lewis, signed by both. 12 : Middle House Mayfield, signed by both. 13 : East Grinstead, signed by Ansted. 14:Crawley, signed by both. 15: Pulborough, signed by both. 16: Amberley, signed by both. 17 : Steyning, signed by both. 18: Wiston House, The Hall, not signed. 19: Arundel, signed by Ansted. 20: Chichester Market Cross, not signed. 21: Chichester Catherdral, The Ambulatory, not signed. 22: Lordington, signed by both. 23 : Cowdray, not signed. 24 : The south Downes, not signed. With a 4pp leaflet enclosed describing each illustration.

Old Cottages and Farmhouses in Kent and Sussex, illustrated in one hundred plates printed in collotype from a special series of photographs , by W. G. Davie and E. Guy Dawber, published 1900 (28 pp. + 100 plates, London: B. T. Batsford) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15555][Lib 7711] & The Keep [LIB/502117] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Hardham Church, and its early Paintings, by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, published 1901 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 58, article, pp.62-92)   View Online

Hardham Church, and its early Paintings, by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, published 1901 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 44, article, pp.73-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2129] & The Keep [LIB/500262] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Old English Doorways: a series of examples from Tudor time to the end of the XVII century, by W. G. Davie and H. Tanner, published 1903 (London: B. T. Batsford) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Picturesque Sussex: A Volume of Sketches, by Duncan Moul and William John Hardy, F.S.A., published 1903 (x + 143 pp., London: F. E. Robinson & Co.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Sussex, by Wilfrid Ball, R.E., published 1906 (London: Adam & Charles Black) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 93] & British Library

Picturesque Sussex, by Clare Jerrold, published 1906 (vi + 153 pp., Valentine & Sons, Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12464] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Sussex is in some ways unlike any other county in England. It is divided by the Downs into two widely differing lands, the green agricultural wooded Weald to the north, and that strip of coast on the south which probably gives rise during the summer months to a greater display of human activity than any other fifty miles of coast round England. Sussex may well be called the playground of London, whence it can be easily reached, for it possesses at least a dozen well-known seaside resorts which for four months in the year are crowded with holiday makers in search of healthful recreation. Crowborough, lying 800 feet above the sea, is a favourite place for invalids, and the new King's Sanatorium, near Midhurst in the west, will prove anew, it is hoped, the curative value of Sussex air. The farmers of the Weald also are rapidly becoming aware of the advantages resulting from the "paying guest."

An Ancient Painting at Aldingbourne Church, by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, published 1906 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 49, article, pp.157-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2134] & The Keep [LIB/500267] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ancient Paintings at 'Pekes', Chiddingly, by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, published 1910 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 53, article, pp.138-142) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2138] & The Keep [LIB/500271] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Off the Beaten Track in Sussex, with one hundred and sixty illustrations by Sussex Artists, by Arthur Stanley Cooke, published 1911 (London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12364] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Sussex Water-colours, by Wilfrid Ball, R.E., published 1913 (20 pp., London: Adam & Charles Black) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Stane Street, a monograph, illustrated by William Hyde, by Hilaire Belloc, published 1913 (London: Constable & Co.)   View Online

Hastings & Environs. A sketch-book, by H. G. Hampton, published 1915 (London: A. & C. Black) accessible at: The Keep [BHSR486] & British Library

Brighton & Environs. A sketch-book, by H. G. Hampton, published 1919 (London: A. & C. Black) accessible at: The Keep [PDA/B/63]

Southern Sketch-book: Through Old Sussex from Lewes to Chichester, by A. Leonard Summers, published 1921 (200 pp., London: Homeland Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 45] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Saxon Shore; with twenty-four illustrations by the author, maps and plans, by Jessie Mothersole, published 1924 (xv + 272 pp., London: John Lane, the Bodley Head) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Unknown Brighton: 24 reproduced aquatints and other illustrations by Stella Langdale, by George Aitchison, published 1926 (London: Bodley Head Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501535][Lib/507967]

Bypaths in Downland with 58 illustrations, by Barclay Wills, published 1927 (xvi + 185 pp., London: Methuen Publishing Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15842] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An introduction to Turner's southern coast: With a catalogue of the engravings in which all the known working-proofs are arranged and described, by A. J. Finberg, published 1929 (80 pp., Cotswold Gallery)

Dowland Treasure with 30 illustrations, by Barclay Wills, published 1929 (London: Methuen Publishing Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15069] & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex, by Samuel Edward Winbolt, M.A., & Edgar and Winifred Ward, published 1929 (Bell's Pocket Guides) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500125]

This is an attractive handbook, well-written and with delightful illustrations. An introduction deals with the county as a whole in various aspects, including a useful survey of its historical associations. The detailed descriptions of the places are terse, and clear directions as to routes are given. Notwithstanding the warning that the book does not pretend to be a complete guide to the county, one cannot but regret some of the omissions. The local pronunciation of the place-names is a useful feature, but in some cases there is room for difference of opinion. To take the example of Berwick (E. Sussex), Mr. Winbolt says it is not to be pronounced Berrick. But that is just the form (less one " r," Berick) that appears on an estate plan dated 1647. Which is the more likely to give the true Sussex vernacular, the 17th century or the 20th?

Van de Velde's Picture, "The Surprise", by Rev. Henry E. B. Arnold, M.A., published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 4, article, pp.282-291) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Some Sussex Examples of English Mediaeval Art, by S.N.Q. Contributor, published November 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 4, article, pp.106-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

The Sharpe Collection of Drawings, by P. M. J. [P. M. Johnston], published February 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 1, article, pp.13-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Drawings of Sussex Churches, by Gilbert Standen, published August 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, note, pp.93-94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Sketches of Sussex Churches, by Frederick Harrison, F.S.A., published November 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 4, note, p.123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Wall-Paintings at Beddingham, by C. E. Ponsonby, published August 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 7, note, pp.220-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Sussex, with 32 illustrations by Wilfrid Ball, by George Aitchison, published 1936 (London: Adam & Charles Black) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Early Pictorial Newspaper. I - The Brighton Front, by C. Bruyn Andrew, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 8, article, pp.483-485) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

Early Pictorial Newspaper. II - The Humours of the Seaside, by C. Bruyn Andrew, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 9, article, pp.573-576) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

Sussex Pictures in the Birmingham Art Gallery, by Laurence F. Field, published February 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 1, article, pp.5-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Pictures, by W. H. Godfrey, published May 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 2, reply, pp.61-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Sketches of Sussex Churches, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published May 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 2, article, pp.51-53) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Sketches of Sussex Churches, by W. H. Godfrey, published August 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 3, article, pp.76-77) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Drawing of a House at Chichester, by Walter H. Godfrey, published August 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 3, query, p.87) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, by Rotha Mary Clay, published 1941 (Faber and Faber)

All who are interested in the antiquities of this county know of the Burrell MSS. in the British Museum's Department of Manuscript, which were the first of the many topographical collections to be acquired by the national library, and the abundant and beautiful drawings by S. H. Grimm which are included in them. And that Grimm worked in Sussex not only for Sir William Burrell but also for Richard Gough is known by the Sussex portion of the Gough Collection in the Bodleian, of which the Rev. Dr. H. Wellesley published a list in S.A.C., vol. iii. But, in spite of the short article in the D.N.B., the extent and variety of Grimm's work can have been little appreciated, well-known and in request as it was in his own day.
Now we have a full and fully illustrated account of the life and work of this admirable artist, who illustrated the first edition of White's Selborne, and whose drawings are to be found in most of the great collections; in the British Museum, for example, is the collection formed by Dr. Kaye, of Lincoln, for whom Grimm travelled all over England (including Sussex) and made drawings of antiquities and also scenes of life which are to-day of no less interest. The Burrell MSS. are so well-known that Miss Clay reproduces hardly any Sussex drawings; but her large selection gives an excellent idea of the range of Grimm's travels and talent.
Born at Burgdorf, near Berne, in 1733, Grimm made his name on the Continent before migrating to England at the age of thirty-five. He was lucky in that Berne was an artistic and literary centre, and he illustrated Gruner's Eisgebirge des Schweizerlandes and for the publications of Holzhalb and Guttenberg, at first in ultra-romantic style (as were his early verses, on which Dr. Paul Girardin contributes a chapter), but later in the quiet and pastoral manner characteristic of his work in England; some of these imitate the vignettes found in the pretty Parisian books of the day, and indeed much of the engraving from his drawings of this period was carried out in Parisian ateliers. To Paris he naturally gravitated, but only spent three years there, making friends with the well-known engraver J. G. Wille, and touring and sketching in Normandy, the Pas-de-Calais and Flanders.
Grimm's English period, from 1768 to 1794, coincided with the nascent vogue of the picturesque, and with the lives of generous patrons, as well as with the Exhibitions of the Royal Academy, founded in the year of his landing, and of the Society of Artists. He quickly made a reputation and also friends in England, for he seems to have been of a singularly modest and amiable character. Then there were the print sellers to work for ; and with one of these, Samuel Sledge, in Southampton Street, he lodged for many years, leaving Mrs. Sledge a legacy of his tools as well as of money. The quantity of work he produced, not mere sketches but careful and minute drawings, often with figures, is prodigious. We owe to Grimm a vast amount of knowledge of our homes as they were a century and a half ago, and of our ancestors themselves, which without his observing eye and delicate pencil would have perished.
By the kindness of the publishers we are able to reproduce as the frontispiece to this number (unfortunately not in the fine collotype of the book) two of Miss Clay's illustrations, one being one of the three Sussex drawings she reproduces, and the other an example of Grimm's scenes of life.

A Sketch Book by R. H. Nibbs, by Walter H. Godfrey, published February 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.97-98) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

A Sketch Book by R. H. Nibbs, by E. Wyndham Hulme, published May 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 6, note, p.141) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Drawings and Journals , by W. F. Saunders, published May 1945 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 6, article, p.139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

The Saunders Drawings and Journal, by William Frederick Saunders, published February 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 1, pp.21-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

The Treatment of a Mediaeval Wall-Painting in a house in South Street, Chichester, by E. W. Tristram, published August 1950 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 3, note, p.65) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Festival exhibition of work by Sussex artists past and present, published 1951 (16 pp., Hove: Hove Museum of Art)

Sussex Views from the Burrell Collection 1776-1791, edited by Walter H. Godfrey and L. F. Salzman, published 1951 (Jubilee volume, xxii + 191 plates, Sussex Record Society, ISBN-10: 0854450521 & ISBN-13: 9780854450527) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5580][Lib 14469] & The Keep [LIB/504472][Lib/500472] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

To mark the passage of fifty years during which the Sussex Record Society has published fifty scholarly volumes containing records and documents relating to the County this Society has exuberated into a Jubilee Volume which is sure to appeal to the general public.
Probably for the first time no less that 191 most attractive drawings selected from the Burrell Collections are reproduced between the covers of one volume. And a most delightful collection they make. All are eighteenth century drawings by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm and James Lambert, who have given us the most fascinating views of the parish churches, mansion houses, castles and historic ruins as they stood in their day, with a few views of Sussex towns and villages such as Eastbourne, Hastings, Jevington and Rotherfield.
Appropriately enough to the occasion the introduction to this volume by Mr. L. F. Salzman gives in brief outline the story, of the Sussex Record Society from the summer of 1900 when its formation was first mooted to the present day, From this story emerges the fact, which if it is not a record is none the less notable, that Mr. Salzman took his place as a member of the first council of the Society elected in February 1901 and has continued to serve on the council ever since, being now one of its two literary directors, and in that capacity he has been largely responsible for this charming Jubilee Volume.
On this occasion the Society has relaxed its rule and non-members can purchase a copy of this volume on application to the Assistant Secretary of the Sussex Record Society at Barbican House, Lewes, for £2 12s. 6d., and it may be said that any who may buy this book may congratulate himself on having obtained a striking collection of eighteenth century views most admirably reproduced. The Society may well congratulate itself on this work and on its fine series of publications, regularly and punctually produced in spite of steadily rising costs of printing. Perhaps the Sussex Archaeological Society may also admit to some pride and satisfaction in the work of the Society of which it is the parent.

Something of Sussex, by Vera Garner Howe, published 1959 (94 pp., Lewes: W. E. Baxter) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9607] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This is a series of charming photographs well reproduced each with a few lines of description and arranged under well selected classes of subjects such as churches, cottages, etc., and including Lewes Castle, Anne of Cleves House (both Southover and Ditchling); the Priest's House, West Tarring Cottages and Wilmington Priory. It is a most fascinating book for quiet moments, which can be looked at time after time to obtain that tranquility of mind which the beauties of our county inspire, especially in the jaded seeking peace.

Portrait of Sussex, by Cecile Woodford, published 23 March 1972 (224 pp., Robert Hale Ltd., ISBN-10: 0709130260 & ISBN-13: 9780709130260) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex in 1839: a picture of Sussex life in 839, by Hugh Barty-King, published 2 May 1974 (64 pp., Osprey Publishing, ISBN-10: 0850451809 & ISBN-13: 9780850451801) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18049] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

My Sussex Way: Drawings of Sussex Churches, by Rosemary Dray, published c.1975 (published by the author) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Worthing, Lancing and Shoreham Sketches, by Rosemary Dray, published c.1975 (published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Artist's Worthing, Sussex - Sketches of Various Scenes of Local Interest, by Rosemary Dray, published c.1975 (24 pp., published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Sharpe Collection of Petrie Watercolour Drawings, by V. S., published April 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 18, article, pp.75-76, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Around Historic Sussex, by Ray Miller and illustrated by Gerald Lip, published 16 July 1976 (144 pp., Midas Books, ISBN-10: 0859360717 & ISBN-13: 9780859360715) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9596] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Old Brighton: A Collection of Prints and Drawings, edited by E. A. Hollingdale, published 1979 (Norwich: George Nobbs Publishing Ltd.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Churches. The Sharpe Collection of Watercolours and Drawings 1797-1809 mainly by Henry Petrie., compiled by Verena Smith, published 1979 (x + 195 pp., Sussex Archæological Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7734] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Images of Brighton, by John & Jill Ford and gallery of prints by Harriet and Peter George, published October 1981 (383 pp. & 8 pp. of plates, Richmond-upon-Thames: St Helena Press, ISBN-10: 0906964024 & ISBN-13: 9780906964026) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Old Cottages and Farmhouses in Kent and Sussex, illustrated in one hundred plates printed in collotype from a special series of photographs , by W. G. Davie and E. Guy Dawber, published 1 December 1981 (facsimile edition, 28 pp. + 100 plates, John Hallewell Publications, ISBN-10: 090554069 & ISBN-13: 9780905540696) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex: A Visitor's Sketchbook, by David Armitage, published 1 October 1987 (48 pp., London: Pekoe Books, ISBN-10: 1870537009 & ISBN-13: 9781870537001) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

George Woods: Photographs from the 1890's , edited by Irene Rhoden and Steve Peak, published 1 October 1987 (64 pp., Hastings: Midnight Press, ISBN-10: 1853600008 & ISBN-13: 9781853600005) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Historic Buildings of West Sussex, by Gerald Lip, published 1989 (144 pp., Ravette Books, ISBN-10: 1853041998 & ISBN-13: 9781853041990) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex: A Portrait in Colour, by Andy Williams, published 1989 (80 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 1853060275 & ISBN-13: 9781853060274) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Turner at Petworth: Painter and Patron, by Martin Butlin, Ian Warrell and Mollie Luther, published 31 October 1989 (300 pp., Tate Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854370049 & ISBN-13: 9781854370044) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10515] & West Sussex Libraries

Hastings in Old Photographs, by Pamela Haines, published 26 October 1989 (169 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing, ISBN-10: 086299621X & ISBN-13: 9780862996215) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hastings in Old Photographs: A Second Selection, by Pamela Haines, published 11 October 1991 (160 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing, ISBN-10: 0862998638 & ISBN-13: 9780862998639) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

John Nash - Views of the Royal Pavilion, by Gervase Jackson-Stops, published 17 October 1991 (128 pp., Pavilion Books, ISBN-10: 1851455833 & ISBN-13: 9781851455836) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503770] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries

In 1820, before the Royal Pavilion at Brighton was completed, the Prince Regent commissioned the architect John Nash to compile a picture book in celebration of his pleasure palace. This edition reproduces the complete series of aquatints for the first time since they were executed.

The Travels and Travails of Francis Grose, F.S.A., by John H. Farrant, published September 1995 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 75, article, pp.365-380) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503996]   View Online

Francis Grose (1731-91) initiated the eighteenth-century's most extensive series of published illustrations of ancient monuments. A thousand plates with accompanying descriptions, based on his and others 'views and researches, appeared in The Antiquities of England and Wales (1772-6, Supplement, 1777-87), of Scotland (1789-91) and of Ireland (1791-5). He combined the role of popularizer with original contributions to the study of folklore, slang and military antiquities, but has received little scholarly attention for several reasons. His own drawings are indifferent artistically, so he scarcely features in art history. His books and pictures were sold on his death, and no archive of his papers is known to survive. The largest collection-about 380 pictures given to the publisher and now in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries-are his reductions of views for the engraver to copy for The Antiquities of England and Wales. They yield little information on the circumstances of the original drawings. He did not sign his pictures, so many may survive without, or with wrong, attributions. Dudley Snelgrove, F.S.A. (1906-92) amassed much material by and on Grose, but published nothing and the pictures are now dispersed though his notes, lately presented to the Antiquaries, are a valuable quarry. For a century the Dictionary of National Biography has provided the authoritative biography, which relied on obituaries, contemporaries' fond recollections and a few letters printed by John Nichols.

Sussex: The County in Colour, by Terry Heathcote and David Arscott, published 15 October 1995 (128 pp., Wimborne: The Dovecote Press, ISBN-10: 1874336326 & ISBN-13: 9781874336327) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Brighton revealed: through artists' eyes c.1760-c.1960, edited by David Beevers, published November 1995 (176 pp., Brighton: Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, ISBN-10: 0948723254 & ISBN-13: 9780948723254) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Watermills, by Frank Gregory and Ron Martin, published January 1997 (120 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857701348 & ISBN-13: 9781857701340) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

61 skilfully executed pen-and-ink sketches of watermills in Sussex which Frank Gregory produced in 1936 when the cost of photographic materials forced him to resort to less expensive means of recording mills.

Lucky Sussex: featuring records and photographs from the H.S. Toms Archive of Flint and Folklore, Booth Museum on Natural History, the Royal Pavilion Libraries and Museums, Brighton and Hove Council , by John Behague, published 1 March 1998 (96 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0951987658 & ISBN-13: 9780951987650) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Watercolours of Sussex past, by Mike Bensley with verse by Bob Copper, published 1 October 1998 (viii + 72 pp., Bengunn, ISBN-10: 095339980X & ISBN-13: 9780953399802) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Look at Lewes: The High Street of Lewes from St Anne's Church to Lewes Bridge, from Original Drawings by John Houghton, by John Houghton, published March 1999 (27 pp., Tartarus Press, ISBN-10: 1872621392 & ISBN-13: 9781872621395) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501574] & The Friends of Lewes & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Depicted: Views and Descriptions, 1600-1800, by John H. Farrant, published 2 June 2001 (vol. 85, xx + 390 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-10: 0854450513 & ISBN-13: 9780854450510) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14470][Lib 14475] & The Keep [LIB/500462][Lib/508871] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Every year through the 1780s, for the fortnight after Whitsun, the Swiss-born artist S. H. Grimm toured Sussex, sketching churches and their monuments, the remains of the medieval castles and abbeys and, particularly, the houses of the gentry. Commissioned by the lawyer and antiquary Sir William Burrell, the resulting 900 watercolours are an incomparable record of the county's buildings, as yet untouched by the Victorians' zealous restorations and demolitions.
This handsome book reproduces 116 of Grimm's pictures, together with 88 watercolours, oils and drawings by 40 other artists from the early 17th to the early 19th century - 16 of them in colour. Each picture is accompanied by a 200-word caption, often based on new research, on the building's history. The 40,000-word introduction, 'Antiquaries and artists in Sussex from 1585 to 1835', traces the progress of the county's depiction in both words and pictures, from William Camden's fieldwork in Queen Elizabeth's reign for his Britannia, through William Burrell's monumental but forlorn efforts to write a county history, to T. W. Horsfield's History, antiquities and topography of the County of Sussex published just before Queen Victoria's accession. Two accounts of tours through Sussex, in 1743 and 1777, are printed, along with prospectuses for Budgen's map of 1724 and the Bucks' engravings of 1737. The text is fully referenced and indexed, with a bibliography of 700 titles.

Turner at Petworth, by David Blayney Brown, Christopher Rowell and Ian Warrell, published 30 June 2002 (208 pp., Tate Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854374133 & ISBN-13: 9781854374134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14807] & West Sussex Libraries

This volume is published to accompany an exhibition at Petworth House to mark the restoration of the Carved Room where J.M.W. Turner's paintings will be reinstated in their original positions in the panelling. Petworth House was a special place for Turner, both as the home of his great patron, Lord Egremont, and as the scene of many happy visits. Turner recorded the beauties of the great English house in over 100 gouache drawings and for the house itself he painted, among other things, four landscapes to hang in the Carved Room. This book celebrates Turner's relationship with Petworth and its owner through the reproduction of over 150 works, prefaced by thematic essays written by scholars from the National Trust and Tate.

Drawings of Horsham: 1988-2002, by John Bray, published 1 November 2002 (56 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 0953859215 & ISBN-13: 9780953859214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14808] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Looking towards West Sussex Country Churches, by Edwin Wilkinson, published 2003 (102 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857702778 & ISBN-13: 9781857702774) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

John Nash - Views of the Royal Pavilion, by Gervase Jackson-Stops, published 28 February 2003 (Royal Pavilion Edition, Pavilion Books, ISBN-10: 1862055246 & ISBN-13: 9781862055247) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex: A Colour Portrait, by David Sellman and David Arscott, published 15 October 2004 (80 pp., Newbury: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 1853068586 & ISBN-13: 9781853068584) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Oil paintings in public ownership in East Sussex, edited by Sonia Roe, published 2005 (408 pp., London: Public Catalogue Foundation, ISBN-10: 1904931081 & ISBN-13: 9781904931089) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

All the publicly owned oil paintings in East Sussex have been brought together in this comprehensive volume

Oil paintings in public ownership in West Sussex, edited by Sonia Roe, published 2005 (204 pp., London: Public Catalogue Foundation, ISBN-10: 1904931057 & ISBN-13: 9781904931058) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

All the publicly owned oil paintings in West Sussex have been brought together in this comprehensive volume

Lindfield in Watercolour, by M. Blundell, published 10 November 2007 (54 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703324 & ISBN-13: 9781857703320) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The author, Merie Blundell a well known local artist, takes us on a journey down Lindfield High Street, which is one of the prettiest villages in West Sussex. She captures the charm of her home village with full colour watercolour paintings and interesting little snippets of information about each house and buildings on route. A lovely memento for anyone who either lives in the area or for visitors.

Downland Heritage: Sussex through the eyes of an artist, by Edwin Wilkinson, published 15 May 2008 (64 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703391 & ISBN-13: 9781857703399) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

In a similar style to his book on West Sussex Country Churches, Edwin Wilkinson has used his artistic skills on a number of manor houses, churches, public houses and some other well-known features, to capture in detailed drawings these interesting and attractive places. His brief potted histories accompany the pen and ink, watercolour or pencil drawings.
The author lives in Eastbourne and is a retired vicar from Jevington.

The Sussex Year: A Country Calendar, by David Lang, published 15 June 2009 (128 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0955900654 & ISBN-13: 9780955900655) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex is rich in wildlife, and few naturalists have as broad a knowledge of its birds, beasts and flowers as David Lang. The author of acclaimed books on wild orchids and hedgerow berries, and a popular lecturer on travel and natural history, he here leads us on a month-by-month safari into the countryside he loves.
His vivid photographs are complemented by captions which illuminate, with both wit and erudition, the adaptation of our diverse flora and fauna to the soil, the climate and the activities of that most powerful creature of all, homo sapiens.

Ravilious in Pictures, 1: Sussex and the Downs, by James Russell, published 1 December 2009 (48 pp., The Mainstone Press, ISBN-10: 0955277736 & ISBN-13: 9780955277733) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

First in a series of books celebrating the watercolours and landscapes of Eric Ravilious. Each painting is accompanied by an essay in which author James Russell explores the intriguing stories hidden behind the scenes, painting a captivating picture of this popular British artist.

Ravilious in Pictures, 2: The War Paintings, by James Russell and edited by Tim Mainstone, published 11 November 2010 (48 pp., The Mainstone Press, ISBN-10: 0955277744 & ISBN-13: 9780955277740) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings' celebrates and commemorates the wartime career of Eric Ravilious (1939-42), who died on active service in Iceland at the age of thirty-nine.
As an Official War Artist, Ravilious visited ports, naval bases and airfields around Britain, witnessed the Allied invasion and retreat from Norway and produced watercolours and lithographs of subjects ranging from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in action to the interior of a mobile pigeon loft. This remarkable body of work blends defiance with exhilaration and insists that there is a place for beauty in the darkest times.
Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings, features twenty-two of these fascinating images, each accompanied by a short essay in which author James Russell explores the historical context of the work. Drawing on the artist's correspondence and other contemporary sources, these essays offer an unusual, intriguing vision of life during the early years of the war.

The South Downs: A Painted Year, by Antonia Dundas, published 4 January 2011 (128 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445600730 & ISBN-13: 9781445600734) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Antonia Dundas has lived on the edge of the South Downs of West Sussex for more than sixty years. Riding and rambling along their many paths and tracks, she has developed a deep and intimate knowledge of the area and its wildlife, and chronicles here the life of the Downs over twelve months from January to December, at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Accompanied with her own beautiful and delicately observed watercolours, this book revels in the passing of the seasons. Antonia's celebration of nature's finery has been lovingly created, and will appeal to anyone with a love of the Downs and the natural world.

Ravilious in Pictures, 3: Country Life, by James Russell and edited by Tim Mainstone, published 1 April 2011 (48 pp., The Mainstone Press, ISBN-10: 0955277760 & ISBN-13: 9780955277764) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Ravilious in Pictures, 4: A Travelling Artist, by James Russell and edited by Tim Mainstone, published 27 February 2012 (48 pp., The Mainstone Press, ISBN-10: 0955277787 & ISBN-13: 9780955277788) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Ravilious in Pictures: A Travelling Artist is the fourth in a series of books celebrating the life and work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42). This volume features twenty-two pictures, each of which is both an exquisite painting in its own right and part of something bigger: the artist's idiosyncratic study of Britain in the 1930s.
Although Ravilious often completed paintings in his studio, with the help of pencilled notes, his pictures invariably began as a sketch of a real place, at a particular time of day - often dawn, or soon after - and in whatever weather conditions the moment offered. The quest for new subjects took Ravilious around Britain and beyond, on a decade-long journey of discovery that was interrupted only by his death on active service as a war artist. Inspired by places as diverse as Dungeness in Kent and the Welsh valley of Capel-y-ffin, Ravilious also sought out unusual subjects, like the Greenwich Observatory, and strange perspectives, such as the view from inside the Belle Tout lighthouse.
Following his habit of painting in series he drew the ports of Bristol and Rye, Newhaven and Le Havre; he painted lifeboats and pilot boats and the picturesque interiors of dockside inns. Each painting depicts a particular aspect of a fascinating place and each is accompanied by a concise essay which explores the location further, introducing characters and stories hidden behind the scenes. Taken as a whole, the twenty-two watercolours in this volume provide a uniquely compelling portrait of Britain in the years before World War II.
Ravilious in Pictures: A Travelling Artist is a companion to Sussex and the Downs (2009), The War Paintings (2010) and A Country Life (2011). Together, the books form an intimate portrait of the artist and his world - a life in pictures.

Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities, by Alan Powers, published 30 May 2012 (reprint, 144 pp., Philip Wilson, ISBN-10: 1781300011 & ISBN-13: 9781781300015) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) is now firmly one of the most popular artists of his period. Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities includes illustrations of many previously unpublished paintings, including a number from private collections, as well as surveying his other artistic activities. The text draws on many letters and other documents, again previously unpublished, and is the most comprehensive account of Revilious' career ever published. It also attempts to position Ravilious in relation to English art of his time, and more recent critical and cultural issues.

Eric Ravilious: Artist & Designer, by Alan Powers, published 16 October 2013 (216 pp., Farnham, Surrey: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd., ISBN-10: 1848221118 & ISBN-13: 9781848221116) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

More popular than ever, the work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) is rooted in the landscape of pre-war and early wartime England. This new book by Alan Powers, the established authority on Ravilious, provides the most comprehensive overview to date of the artist's work in all media - watercolour, illustration, printmaking, graphic design, textiles and ceramics - and firmly positions Ravilious as a major figure in the history of early 20th-century British art.In an accessible and engaging text, copiously illustrated with reproductions of work drawn from a range of sources, Alan Powers discusses the part Ravilious' work played in creating an English style, positioned between tradition and modernism, and borrowing from naive and popular art of the past. The book analyses Ravilious' different spheres of activity in turn, covering his education and formative influences, his mural painting, his printmaking and illustration, his work as leader in forming a new style of watercolour painting between the wars and his final period as an official War Artist. In a career curtailed by an early death, Ravilious also played a significant role as a designer; Powers argues that Ravilious showed how decoration and historical reference could find a place in the reform of the applied arts whilst simultaneously renewing a sense of national identity.Eric Ravilious will be welcomed by all those with an interest in an artist whose imagination was backed by great skill and a sharp eye for the unusual.

Eastbourne Streetscapes Through Time, by James Owen, published 2015 (Eastbourne Heritage Centre) accessible at: Eastbourne Heritage Centre

Exhibition catalogue of the Heritage Centre's recent exhibition showing the evolution of Eastbourne's town centre streetscapes.

Old Eastbourne through the eyes of an artist, by James Owen, published 2015 (Eastbourne Heritage Centre) accessible at: Eastbourne Heritage Centre

An attractive, informative, colour booklet produced to coincide with the exhibition of James Owen watercolours, plus reproductions of his work from the 'Ye Olde Eastbourne Series of Postcards'.  

Ravilious, by James Russell, published 28 April 2015 (192 pp., Philip Wilson Publishers, ISBN-10: 1781300321 & ISBN-13: 9781781300329) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

This beautifully illustrated book is the first full-length critical study to focus on the watercolours of multitalented British artist and designer Eric Ravilious (1903-1942). An introductory section offers an intimate portrait of Ravilious, an artist for whom personal relationships, particularly with women, were paramount. It goes on to describe the extraordinary achievements of an all-too-brief career, drawing on new research to seek out artistic influences and examine Ravilious's relationships with fellow-artists, as well as the development of his mark making.There follows the most comprehensive display of Ravilious watercolours yet assembled. Some have never been published, while others are familiar and well loved. Many are explored in short accompanying essays, some with full-bleed images that show details of paintings at full size. This is the definitive guide to the luminous, evocative and timeless watercolours of Eric Ravilious, an artist now regarded as one of the finest of the twentieth century.

Faces of the South Downs: Portraits in a Landscape, by Anne-Katrin Purkiss, published 1 September 2015 (98 pp., Miriquidi Books, ISBN-10: 099341110X & ISBN-13: 9780993411106) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries