Jonathan Anderson Bell

Jonathan Anderson Bell (3 November 1806[1] – 28 February 1865) was a Scottish architect, known also as a draughtsman for watercolour paintings.

He was the brother of Henry Glassford Bell and Jane Cross Simpson,[2] He was educated at Edinburgh University.

His designs included country houses, such as Beeslack for Charles Cowan,[4] and the Scottish baronial Victoria Buildings, Glasgow for Archibald Orr Ewing.

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.

[3] Thirty of the engravings in John Le Keux's Memorials of Cambridge are from Bell's drawings.