BOROUGH JOHNSON

Topographical Drawings

Ernest Borough Johnson (1866–1949) trained at the Slade under Alphonse Legros and at Hubert von Herkomer’s school at Bushey. Primarily a painter in oils and watercolours, he was also a talented printmaker and draughtsman; The Art of the Pencil and The Technique of Pencil Drawing are two of his books on the subject. As these supremely accomplished drawings show, he was a committed artist-traveller and his works are perhaps best appreciated as exemplars of that grand tradition.

Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) London; ‘St Paul’s, Covent Garden’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Signed and inscribed. 4.5×6.5 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) France; ‘Grand Palais, Paris (Salons 1929)’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 8×10.5 inches.
£225
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Italy; ‘Venice’, Santa Maria Formosa. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Signed and inscribed. 8×9.75 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) France; ‘St Cloud’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Signed and inscribed. 7×8.75 inches.
£275
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Italy; ‘Rome. View of island with remains of the Palatine Bridge 187 BC’. Pencil. 1930. Signed, inscribed and dated. 8×10.25 inches.
£250
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Istanbul; ‘Constantinople, Mosque of the Sultan [Blue Mosque]’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 10×7.5 inches.
£175
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Italy; ‘Castel St Angelo (Mausoleum of Hadrian) with Ponts [sic] Aelius 136 AD’. Pencil. 1930. Signed, inscribed and dated. 8.25×10 inches.
£275
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Norfolk; ‘Yarmouth Town Hall’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 7.5×9.25 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Cornwall; ‘Polperro’. Chalk. 1919. Inscribed and dated. 6.75×8.75 inches.
£125
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Dorset; ‘Clay Pits Corfe’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 6.5×8.5 inches.
£75
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Spain; ‘Toledo … House of El Greco’. Pencil. 1935. Inscribed and dated. 6.5×8.75 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Italy; ‘Siena Hat Market’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Signed and inscribed. 6.5×8.5 inches.
£95
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) France; ‘Honfleur’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 8.5×6.75 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) London; ‘Covent Garden’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 7×8.75 inches.
£125
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Spain; ‘A bit of Toledo outside the walls’. Pencil. 1935. Inscribed and dated. 6×8.25 inches.
£95
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) France; ‘Paris’. Conte. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 7×8.75 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Jerusalem; ‘Outside the Jaffa Gate’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 7×8.75 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) France; ‘Honfleur’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 6.5×8.5 inches.
£75
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) France; ‘Marseille Cathedral’. Pencil. 1921. Singned, inscribed and dated. 6.5×8.5 inches.
£175
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) France; ‘Dieppe’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 8.5×6.75 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) London; ‘Drury Lane Theatre from Covent Garden’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Signed and inscribed. 8.75×6.75 inches.
£175
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) France; ‘Old Steps Marseilles’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 8.5×6.5 inches.
£125
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Jerusalem; ‘View from studio window Jerusalem, looking towards Mt Scopas. Tower of St Antonia’. Chalks. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 7×8.75 inches.
£175
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) London; ‘St Paul’s Church Covent Garden’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 6.5×8.75 inches.
£150
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) London; ‘Kensington Gardens’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 15×10.5 inches.
£375
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Judean mountains; ‘View from English Cemetery [The Jerusalem War Cemetery, Mount Scopus?] over the Mts of Moab Dead Sea’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. Verso: figure studies. 8.5×13.75 inches.
£375
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Spain; ‘Aqueduct, Segovia’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 9.5×13.75 inches.
£275
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Jerusalem; ‘The British Ophthalmic Hospital’. Pencil. 1925. Signed, inscribed and dated. 9.25×13.75 inches.
£375
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Spain; ‘Granada’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 8.5×13.25 inches.
£375
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Jerusalem; ‘Mt Zion & Moab Mountains’. Conte. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 8.5×13.75 inches.
£375
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Bethlehem; ‘The Church of the Nativity’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Signed and inscribed. 13.5×8.5 inches.
£275
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Sicily; ‘Market Place, Ragusa’. Pencil. 1932. Inscribed and dated. 13.25×8.5 inches.
£225
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Italy; ‘A gateway, Naples / Porta Capuana’. Pencil. 1931. Inscribed. 13.25×8.5 inches.
£275
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Sicily; ‘A corner of the harbour. Ragusa’. Pencil. c.1920-1930. Inscribed. 8.25×13.5 inches.
£375
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Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866 – 1949) Sicily; ‘Ragusa’. Pencil. 1932. Inscribed. 13.25×8.5 inches.
£225

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