Philip Norman

Philip E. Norman FSA (9 July 1842 – 17 May 1931) was a British artist, author and antiquary.

Life Born in 1842 in Bromley Common, Kent, Norman was the son of George Warde Norman (1793–1882), who was a director of the Bank of England, and writer on banking and currency, and brother of Frederick Norman, the merchant banker. He lived in London, and died on 17 May 1931 in South Kensington at the age of 88.

Art

Norman was trained as a draughtsman and painter in watercolours at the Slade School, often exhibiting at the Royal Academy. A large part of his work consisted of depicting parts of London that he knew, particularly buildings or areas which stood as a survivor of a bygone past or which were about to be demolished. Norman also recorded the history of the buildings which he painted or photographed, and works such as London Vanished and Vanishing, written in 1905, provide a fascinating record of bygone London. and also at other galleries in London. His photographs are now held by the English Heritage Archive, and his watercolour paintings and drawings of London are kept by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Publications Norman authored, illustrated or contributed to the following:

London Signs and Inscriptions, London: Elliot Stock (1893) "London buildings photographed, 1860–1870", London Topographical Record, vol. 2 (1903), pp. 36–41 London Vanished and Vanishing, London: Adam & Charles Black (1905) Survey of London, London County Council (1909). Cromwell House Highgate: its history and associations, London: John Murray (1917) The London City Churches, London: The London Society (1929)