The Disciplined Eye: The Life and Legacy of Harold Cresswell Born in the historic enclave of Chiswick, Middlesex, in 1945, Harold Stanley Janersen Cresswell developed a perspective on the world that was shaped as much by military precision as by artistic sensitivity. Before he became a celebrated voice in the British watercolor tradition, Cresswell served with distinction in the Royal Artillery and later volunteered for the airborne f…