# Jonathan Anderson Bell

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'''Jonathan Anderson Bell''' (3 November 1806<ref>''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950''</ref> – 28 February 1865) was a Scottish architect, known also as a draughtsman for watercolour paintings.

==Biography==
Bell was born in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), the third child and second son of advocate James Bell and Janet Hamilton Bell. He was the brother of [Henry Glassford Bell](/source/Henry_Glassford_Bell) and [Jane Cross Simpson](/source/Jane_Cross_Simpson),<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=2004|title=Bell, Henry Glassford|first=Michael S.|last=Moss}}</ref> He was educated at [Edinburgh University](/source/Edinburgh_University).  He spent most of 1829 and 1830 in Rome, as an art student. He then served his articles as an architect, and remained for some years afterwards, in the office of Messrs. Rickman & Hutchison of [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham). [Thomas Rickman](/source/Thomas_Rickman) was a major figure of the English [Gothic Revival](/source/Gothic_Revival), and became a close friend.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Bell, Jonathan Anderson|volume=4}}</ref>

For around 27 years, Bell practised as an architect in Edinburgh. His designs included country houses, such as Beeslack for [Charles Cowan](/source/Charles_Cowan),<ref>[http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100206 scottisharchitects.org.uk, ''Jonathan Anderson Bell''.]</ref> and the [Scottish baronial](/source/Scottish_baronial) Victoria Buildings, Glasgow for [Archibald Orr Ewing](/source/Archibald_Orr_Ewing). He was a member of the Institute of Scottish Architects. In 1839 he was appointed secretary to the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, a position he retained it until his death.<ref name="DNB"/>

Bell died 28 February 1865.<ref name="DNB"/>

==Works==
[[File:LeKeux - Cambridge, c1840 - Christ's 01 - memorialsofcambr01wriguoft 0142.jpg|thumb|[Christ's College, Cambridge](/source/Christ's_College%2C_Cambridge), engraving by [John Le Keux](/source/John_Le_Keux) after Jonathan Anderson Bell]]
Thirty of the engravings in [John Le Keux](/source/John_Le_Keux)'s ''Memorials of Cambridge'' are from Bell's drawings. His ''Dryburgh Abbey'' was engraved by [William Miller](/source/William_Miller_(engraver)).<ref name="DNB"/> As a watercolour painter, he was known for landscapes and marine scenes, Italian subjects, and still lifes.<ref>{{cite book |author=H. L. Mallalieu |title=The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920|year=1986|publisher=Antique Collectors' Club|isbn=1-85149-025-6|page=37}}</ref>

Bell's poems were printed only for private circulation. The volume, printed posthumously in 1865, contained a biography.<ref name="DNB"/>

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