Desiree Picton-Seymour (1923-1991) . ORIGINAL pen ink and wash drawing of Zoology Building, UCT

Beautifully drawn  by one of South Africa's best architectural artists.  Pen ink with watercolour wash highlights.

35 cm x 29 cm. In excellent condition.

In the original gold metal frame in excellent condition. Frame is 50 cm x 45 cm.

The building is one of the original structures built between 1928 and 1930 on the Upper Campus of the University of Cape Town in grand traditional style with some Art Deco features.. Still very much intact and as depicted here with less ivy on its facade.

Now called the John Day Building,  it houses the Zoology Department.

Born in England,  Desiree Picton-Seymour (1923-1991) , trained as a fine artist at the Michaelis Art School  at the University of Cape Town. She developed an interest in sketching, engraving, and painting heritage architecture at an early stage and produced two books during the 1950s in collaboration with R. I. B. Webster celebrating the buildings of the Cape and of the  Transvaal, followed by various important books on the architecture and buildings of South Africa. . Picton-Seymour contributed strongly to the architectural heritage community, particularly through the Cape Institute of Architects. Her family restored the farmhouse  Zorgvliet next to De Waal Park in Cape Town during their residence there from 1969 to 1991.