Ebbe Sadolin In London
Danish Illustrator Ebbe Sadolin (1900-82) visited London in the years following the War to capture the character of the capital, just recovering from the Blitz, in a series of lyrical drawings executed in elegant spidery lines. Remarkably, he included as many images of the East End as the West End and I publish a selection of favourites here from the forties.
George & Dragon, Shoreditch
St Katherine’s Way, Wapping
The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping
Stocks, Shoreditch
Petticoat Lane
Tower Green, Tower of London
The Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet St
Rough Sleeper, Shoreditch
Islington Green
Nightingale Lane, Wapping
Fleet St
Wapping churchyard
Tower of London
Commercial Rd, Stepney
St Pancras Station
High St, Plaistow
Bride of Denmark, Queen Anne’s Gate
Liverpool St Station
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So immediate, and light, and fun!
Fantastic drawings, love his style. Valerie
Thank you Gentle Author for sharing these timeless sketches drawn by a favourite from childhood in 1950s. The London book one of his very best.
Any illustration portraying life and buildings, good or bad is important for future reference. Main elements are here. As it happens I like Ebbe’s style, being thin line one can get more detail in no clutter here. It would be nice to see more of the collection some time. Poet John
Wonderful drawings!
A lovely collection of atmospheric and evocative drawings – simply superb
Greetings from Boston,
GA, delightful drawings. Missing London today…
Simple but so effective, lovely.
Wonderful.
Those are some exquisite drawings, wow. They really capture a certain liveliness about the area. His linework looks simple but it comes together to make the whole scene look so vivid.