Nina Carroll
Nina Carroll (1932-1990) was a designer of murals, an illustrator of children’s books and a watercolour artist. She studied at Cheltenham School of Art and at the Ruskin School, Oxford. She lived in Kettering and later in Oxford. Her husband, John Steane, was headmaster of Kettering Grammar School in 1964 to 1976. Both Nina and her husband were founder members of the Kettering Civic Society, and John became their first Secretary. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Watercolour Painters, the Society of Women Artists and the New England Art Club. Her works are in the collection of the Guildhall Museum, Northampton and the Alfred East Art Gallery in Kettering, amongst others.
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White House at Datchet, Berkshire
A pen, ink and watercolour measuring 6½” x 9”. Signed Nina Carroll. Inscribed in pencil verso: ‘White house at Datchet’. Label verso: Century Galleries, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire.
The Subject
This is a colourful view of Victorian houses on Southlea Road in the village of Datchet, Berkshire.
Friends Meeting House, Northampton
A pen, ink and watercolour measuring 15” x 19”. Provenance: sometime with R.S.J. Savage & Son, Northampton (label verso).
The Subject
This Quaker meeting house on Wellington Street in Northampton was built in the…
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…early 19th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of red brick with a hipped roof and has a single-storey porch on the north side, facing a peaceful garden.
Former American Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London
A pen, ink and watercolour measuring 15” x 19”. Signed Nina Carroll.
The Subject
The former US Embassy building was designed by Eero Saarinen and opened in 1960. It has…
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…a large gilded aluminium Bald Eagle on its roof, making it a recognisable London landmark. The statue in Grosvenor Square is a memorial to former US president Franklin D. Roosevelt. The building is due to be converted into a luxury hotel by the Qatari royal family.
Oxford University Parks
A pen, ink and watercolour measuring 15” x 18¾”. Signed Nina Carroll.
The Subject
A wintery scene at Oxford University Parks. The buildings in the view are…
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…Keble College Chapel on the right; the science buildings and Museum of Natural History in the centre; and the Old Observatory on the left.
St Helen’s Wharf, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
A pen, ink and watercolour measuring 15¼” x 19”. Signed Nina Carroll and inscribed ‘St Helen’s Wharf, Abingdon’.
The Subject
The former St Helen’s Wharf overlooking the River Thames in Abingdon once thronged with…
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…merchant boats unloading and loading their wares. The magnificent sweep of the right angled bend in the Thames which occurs at this point makes it a vantage point for looking both up and down stream