Design - Day Two - 17th October 2024
Lot 584
Joseph Hill (1888-1947)
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £63
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Description
Joseph Hill (1888-1947)
Surbiton, 1932
painted plaster model of The Surbiton Improvement Commissioners winged lion, mounted on wood,
incised signature and date to reverse, paper label,
61cm. high
65.5cm. wide
Provenance
The Collection of the Late Howard Duckworth
Catalogue notes
Joseph Hill qualified as an architect in 1913 and set up his independent practice as an architect in London the same year. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1913 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1921. He was Architect to Hodgson's Kingston Brewery Co., Ltd. in the 1920s and Supervising Architect to the Surbiton Housing Scheme and the Odeon cinema Surbiton, 1934.