20th Century European Prints

Etching, drypoint, image size 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches, c. 1920, pencil signed l.c., "W. Lee Hankey", artist seal l.c. and plate initialed l.l.

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist David Muirhead Bone.  The title is: The Jetty, Gorleston, created and printed in 1934 in an edition of 99.  The image measures 6 7/8X10 15/16 inches.  "Gorleston-on-Sea is located on the Norfolk Coast near Lowestoft."  This etching is hand signed in pencil and is nicely framed.

This is a rare original drypoint etching by British artist William Strang.  The subject is a portrait of the Sculptor George Frampton.  Created and printed in 1907.  The image measures 15 7/8X10 3/4 inches. Hand signed in pencil printed by his son David Strang.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.

This is a fine line engraving by French artist Jean Emile  Laboureur.  The title of this work is La Photographe, it was created and printed in 1923.  This impression is numbered 40/55.  The image measures 4 3/4X3 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Hand signed in pencil lower left border.   Though Laboureur was initially inspired by Lautrec and the Primitivism of Paul Gaugin, he is considered to be the first printmaker to be strongly influenced Cubism. By the end of World War I, the artist had gained wide acclaim as a book designer and illustrator. The artist died on June 16, 1943 in Pénestin, France

This is an original hand colored engraving by French artist Mily Possoz.  The title is: Jeunes Filies a la fenetre.  Created and printed in 1930, editioned as 26/75, hand signed in pencil.  the image measures 9 1/8X8 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper with publishers blindstamp/Paris lower right border

Engraving, image size 16 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches, c. 1940s, edition of 100, pencil signed and editioned.

Drypoint on laid Whatman paper, image size 10 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches, 1928, pencil signed and numbered 49/50.

This is an original line engraving by French artist Jean A. Joseph Morin-Jean.  Created and printed circa 1920, this pencil signed impression has an image size of 9 5/8X7 7/8.  The edition is numbered as 8/10.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

Signed and numbered in ink. Plate signed and dated in the lower right. C. 1921. Plate measures 7 3/8 x 12 7/8 on 8 3/4 x 15 inch laid type paper. Catalog: Hardie 213. Print 8 in an edition of 76. Born into poverty, McBey was primarily self-taught, becoming a very well respected artist and leading figure of the British Etching Revival. He traveled extensively throughout Europe, America and the Middle East, creating remarkable etchings of the places he visited. This print has a unique perspective as well as a rich drypoint burr.

Pencil signed etching by the Austrian Expressionist Wachelmayr. Image size is 6 x 7 3/8 inches on 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches wove-type paper. Circa 1917.

This is a remarkable original etching by William Lionel Wyllie, image size 9 1/4 x 14 inches, c. 1900, pencil signed, titled on the lower edge of the sheet. Wyllie was a well known marine painter and printmaker in early 20th century London. He studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, then at the age of 15 began his studies at the Royal Academy. At the age of 18, Wyllie won the Turner Gold Medal for his painting "Dawn After A Storm". He went on to have a long artistic career, specializing in paintings and etchings of the sea and the city of London. In this etching, Wyllie uses remarkably delicate lines and subtle tones to create an atmospheric image of fishing boats setting out to sea.

This is an original etching by British artist Stanley Anderson.  It is titled: The George Inn Public House, Southwark.  It was created and printed in 1919 in an edition of 175.  The image measures 9 3/4X12 inches, pencil signed lower right and has the blindstamp Fine Art Trade Guild.  It was published by Henry Graves.  "The George Inn of Borough High Street in Southwark is the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London.  It served as an outdoor theatre in Elizabethan times."  This image appears in the RAofA catalog as image number 96.  Good condition, but we a weakened platemark on the left side, most likely from the printing press pressure.

This is an etching by British artist Robert S. Austin titled: High Bridge pencil signed lower border.  This etching measures 4 3/8X5 1/8 inches, printed on medium weight laid type paper.  Created and printed in 1928 in an edition of 75.  This image was illustrated in the Salaman book, Modern Masters of Etching.  Dodgson 77.

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist Sir Henry Rushbury.  The title On the Stour, printed in 1919 in an edition of 50 impressions.  This etching is hand signed in pencil lower border.  The image measures 9 3/4X12 5/8 inches.  Very fine condition, framed.  The River Stour /ˈstaʊər/ is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay.

This is a fine etching with drypoint by British artist D.Y. Cameron.  The subject here is Notre Dame Dinant, created and printed in 1907, this is the second state of three.  Hand signed in pencil,  first sold through Arthur Harlow in New York.  The image measures 13 1/2X6 3/4 inches.  The sheet is laid down on a support sheet, borders are 1/4 inches wide all around.