Alan Sorrell (1904-1974) is the undisputed master of the reconstructional drawing - that is, a graphic representation of an architectural or social scene as it must have been. Sorrell specialised in great windswept landscapes with monumental structures against which hardpressed human beings tried to make a living. The examples above are from his illustrations to the Illustrated Guide to Stonehenge and Avebury produced in London in 1959.

for LILLIPUT magazine The Lost Land of Torrescado

for LILLIPUT magazine, The Gallant Goldsmith (Cellini)

a small selection BRITISH CASTLES, 1974

see Reconstructing the Past by Alan Sorrell, edited by Mark Sorrell, 1978.

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