Arthur Lees Nicholson

Born: 27 April 1863 at Earlsheaton near Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

Died: 11 September 1949 in Haddonfield, New Jersey

Grandson of David A. Nicholson.

Like his grandfather, he was an architect and the elegant line drawing "bones" under his watercolors are a product of his professional training. Subject matter for his art reflects local scenery in New Jersey as well as locales he visited in England and the Caribbean.

Landsdown Friends Meeting House and School, ALN Architect 1908

Arthur Lees and Margaret Fox Nicholson - 1907

Playing the violin

Family portrait, 1915

Drafting Room At Architectural Firm - New York City

Postcard to family in New Jersey, 1924: David Nicholson was architect of these buildings in Crawley, England

English Countryside

Farnbo, Kent (12" x 6 3/4 ")

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson

Costa Mesa, California

North Hinksey near Oxford (8 1/4" x 5 1/4")

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson

Costa Mesa, California

North Border betw. Wales and England (14" x 9 3/4") 1945

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson

Costa Mesa, California

A present to Donald from his grandmother Margaret Fox Nicholson on his high school graduation--"grandmother loves to read 'Wild Wales' and 'Lavengro' by George Borrow. Look them up for restful reading, Donald."

Cornwall, SW England - 1932/43

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, NY

Twilight--Hindhead, Surrey, England Oct. 1924

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, New York

Formerly owned by Wanda Knight, Indianola, Iowa

Owned by Barbara Nicholson, Seattle, Washington

Owned by Alberta Kisling, Indianola, Iowa

European Historical Images

15th Century House near Charedon, France (6 1/2" x 5 1/4")

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson

Costa Mesa, California

Lake Geneva, Switzerland Castle where the Prisoner of Chillon was confined (9" x 6 1/2")

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson

Costa Mesa, California

Architectural Design and Decorative Arts

Overbrook HS, Philadelphia. ALN Architect (10" x 6")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Design for Atlantic Terra Cotta Co., ALN. (6" x 5")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Firescreen - frame by son Arthur (10" x 14")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Firescreen - frame by son Arthur (10" x 14")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Art class 3/6/1891 (18" x 8")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Streams and Bridges

Mallyan Spout, Goathland, Yorkshire Moors, England 1932

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, New York

Old Mill, Barnard Castle, York, England 1940 (10" x 8")

Owned by Barbara Nicholson, Seattle, Washington

2-Arched Bridge, Barnard Castle, River Tees, Yorkshire, England - 1924

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, New York

Barnard Castle, Yorks, England - 1932

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, New York

The Thames at Cookham, England: Flooding, Limpid Shallows (6 1/2 X 4 1/2) - 1948

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson, Costa Mesa, California

The Thames at Cookham, England - 1947 Captioned 'this copy for Arthur'

Formerly owned by Ethel Carraway, Arlington, Virginia

Art Class 3/28/1891 (13" x 9")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

King John's Bridge, Tewkesbury, South England - 1947

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, New York

Christchurch Mill - 1932 (10" x 7 1/2")

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson, Costa Mesa, California

Morning, Cleveland Mills, Yorks - June 1926

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, New York

Stream and Path in the Mountains

Owned by John Griffith, Gladstone, Missouri

Balleculish, Lochaber, Highlands

Owned by Margie Taylor Jenkins, Rockville, Maryland

White Water

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Suspension Bridge

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Water Wheel Near Wensleydale

1936

Owned by Joan Clark Keck, Buckeye, AZ

Wedding present to Roy and Marie Clark

Historic Meetinghouses In England

Bentley Home Meeting, Swarthmore, Lancastershire (4" x 6")

Owned by Chris Nicholson

1652 Swarthmore Meeting House, Lancastershire (5 7/8" x 3 3/4") - 1900

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson, Costa Mesa, California

Entrance Court Near Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England for owners of Pumphrey Sugar Mills - ALN Architect, 1917

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, New York

New Jersey

South New Jersey (13" x 9")

Owned by Margie Taylor Jenkins, Rockville, Maryland

New Jersey - 1923 (14" x 19")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Wedding present to Serita Bentley Bredin - 1907

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Untitled (161/2" x 12") - 1907

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson, Costa Mesa, California

Echo Farm, Haddonfield, New Jersey: Home of Arthur and Margaret Nicholson and sons Arthur and Ernest 1914-43 (10" x 7") - painted 1927

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

The House, Echo Farm, (100-acre fruit farm), New Jersey (10" x 7") - 1927

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey (8" x 12") - 1904

Owned by Margie Taylor Jenkins

Barnegat Light, New Jersey (7 7/8" x 4 5/8") - 1934

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholason, Costa Mesa, California

Estuary, New Jersey (4" x 8")

Owned by Margie Taylor Jenkins, Rockville, Maryland

Lavalette, New Jersey (13" x 10") - 1917

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Sand Dunes and Back Bay from Lavelette, New Jersey (7 7/8" x 6 3/8")

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson, Costa Mesa, California

The Bay, Surf City, New Jersey

Owned by John Griffith, Gladstone, Missouri

Little Falls, New Jersey - September 1919

Owned by John Griffith, Gladstone, Missouri

The Restless Ocean

Owned by Mike Jenkins, Stony Point, New York

Dutch Ship in Mediterranean (22" x 16") - April 5, 1924. Wedding gift to Leslie and Edith Nicholson

Owned Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Bantry Bay, Southwest Coast of Ireland (6" x 4") - 1932

Formerly owned by Ethel Caraway, Arlington, Virginia

A Bit of Cornwall, SW England, 1947 from a 1932 sketch

Formerly owned by Wanda Knight, Indianola, Iowa

A Bit of the Southwest Coast of England Towards Lands End, Cornwall (15 1/2" x 10 1/2")

Formerly owned by Ethel Carraway, Arlington, Virginia

Coast of England (9" x 7")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Seashore, South Shields, England (4" x 6") - 1924

Owned by Lauri and Erwin Jenkins-Feuerstein, Rockville, Maryland

Hopes' Nose, North Torquay, Devon, England (4" x 6") - 1932

Owned by Lauri and Erwin Jenkins-Feuerstein, Rockville, Maryland

Bermuda

Hollis House, Rockway, Bermuda - February 1934

Owned by Otis and Pat Osborne, Van Alstyne, Texas

Morgan's Bay, Bermuda (11 1/2" x 7 1/2")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Bermuda Sailboats (8 3/4" x 6") 1934

Formerly owned by Donald and Mildred Nicholson, Costa Mesa, California

Valley Road, Bermuda (10" x 7") 1934

Owned by Margie Taylor Jenkins, Rockville, Maryland

Somerset, Bermuda - 1934

Owned by Otis and Pat Osborne, Van Alstyne, Texas

Sailboats, Bermuda (3 1/2" x 5 1/2")

Owned by Chris Nicholson, Richmond, Indiana

Arthur Nicholson wrote his wife Margaret on Sunday August 13, 1933 from the Elbow Beach Hotel. Paget, Bermuda, where he was on assignment designing an addition to the hotel. It was his day off.

I started off this a.m. for the entrance to Somerset, the most beautiful part of Bermuda. Made two paintings, so I’m getting quite a collection. They are good, bad and indifferent--mostly the last. But I do enjoy the beauty and to be able to get away from this hotel life, which to me is abominable.

I introduced myself to the owner of “Crossways” today—Mrs. Boltse, a very pleasant lady who made me at home and allowed me to take photos of her quaint old home and grounds. She has not left the Islands in eighteen years…

It is great to be able to sit by the water’s edge and look down into its clear depths and see the fish of all sizes and colors sporting around by the hundreds. They are just thick! While painting one hears a splashing noise. You look up and there they are, sparkles of blue, red, yellow, green, all colors and all sizes, jumping out of the water and dashing around… The water is beautiful clear turquoise blue, almost emerald green…

The orchestra is now playing “God Save the King” and the gang will soon be up, so I expect I must finish this in my room, as there will be too much noise…

Room 311: I’m now in comparative quiet and will finish… Well, I got picture #1 finished, packed up and ate my lunch of salmon sandwiches with lemon on whole wheat and two oranges. Took a shortcut through adjoining property to the road to Somerset town, a beautiful road with flashes between cedar trees of the ocean and here and there a quaint old Bermudian house with gardens of oleander, hibiscus, bougainvillea, etc., etc., and in the backyards the patch of banana trees with green bananas on them. I finally selected a shot that would make a good picture, so got out my paraphernalia and got busy. Finished #2 in some sort of shape and started back for train 535, Bridge Hill “Halt.”

By the way, I forgot to mention the surprise party I had as I walked along the road towards the #2 spot. I heard a voice that I recognized. When I had turned the corner, here was this very rare sight of an auto truck stuck in the road with one of the rear tires gone and two men—a colored one and a Portuguese—both hard at work boosting the truck off the road with a heavy bar of wood so they could get the tire off for repairs. The voice was Cappa, the Portuguese man in charge of the Engineers’ Room and two men from the boiler room force helping. One of them drives the truck around the grounds. Cappa had bought the truck from the government and had gotten a permit to take it across the roads to Paget. I went my way and when I returned to the spot on which the truck rested it was gone, so I suppose he got it to the place he wished..

I leave here on the 24 th and get to New York on the 26 th. I hope you are all feeling better and are having some cooler weather. I am well and sweating to a great extent—it is plenty hot and humid, especially humid. The Tritts send their regards.

With lots of love to you all, I am affectionately,

Father

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