Plate signed and dated 1920. Signed "Lumsden imp" indicating that the artist printed it himself. A skillfully done portrait with a rich drypoint burr. Plate measures 5 7/8 inches x 8 1/4 inches on 9 1/4 x 11 1/8 inch thin watermarked laid type paper. The subject is the Reverend Nathaniel Royds, the father-in-law of the artist.
This is an original etching by British Bird Artist Winifred Austen. This image of Phesants is titled: Out Foraging. It is pencil signed and titled, with a stamp in the lower border stating, Made in England. The image measures 7 1/2X 9 7/8 inches. Printed on a medium weight laid type paper. Austen's favorite subjects were wild animals and birds, and she received many commissions to illustrate magazines and books. Her etchings of animals and birds were popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
Etching from the series "The Life of Saint Monique," image size 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in, 1930, monogram in plate
This is a drypoint etching from 1910. Pencil signed in the lower right, plate signed in the lower right. Pencil numbered in the lower left 9/50. Plate measures 9 1/2 x 8 inches on chine colle.
This is an original etching and dry point by British born artist Nathaniel Long. The title lower left is " Morning" edition 10/75. The image measures 8X9 5/8 inches. Hand signed lower right in pencil. Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.
Etching, image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 1909, cat. Guerin-53, inscribed 1st etat, pencil signed lower right
This is an original etching by British artist Mortimer Menpes. The title Shaded Entrance was created and printed circa 1920. The image measures 11 7/8X8 3/8 inches. hand signed in pencil with the imp after his name, this means he printed this proof himself. Printed on a medium weight laid type paper with the Menpese watermark.
This is an original mezzotint etching by British artist Percival Gaskell. This view of river rapids has an image of 9 1/2X 13 5/8 inches. Pencil signed lower right border, printed on a chin collet adhered to a thicker sheet. Printed with a warm toned ink. Gaskell is one of the best of the early British mezzotint artists.
Etching, image size: 7 x 10 1/8 inches, pencil signed, 1919, ed. 3/50
This is a fine original line engraving by British artist Robert S. Austin. The title is "Scythes Resting in a Tree",created and printed in 1928, the image measures 5X3 1/2 inches. Pencil signed by the artist, numbered 11/75. Robert Sargent Austin was a highly respected illustrator and engraver, sometimes regarded as the last great English engraver. He taught at the Royal College of Art and was eventually elected president of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers.
Engraving, image size 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches, pencil signed. Presentation Print for the Society of Print Connoisseurs, Society blindstamp lower left. Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College.
This is an original etching by German Jewish artist Hermann Struck. The title of this work is "Polish Jew", it was created and printed in 1906, pencil signed and editioned as 138/150. The image measures 13 1/4X9 1/2 inches. Nicely framed, good condition. This image is one of his best known works and appears on the cover of the catalog of his etchings.
This is an original color etching and aquatint by Austrian artist Ferdinand-Karl Gold (1882-1981) The title of this work is: Rast im Dorfe, Rest in the Village. It was created and printed circa 1920. Pencil signed and titled lower border. The image measures 11 1/2X15 3/8 inches.
A delicately rendered original etching with drypoint, plate size 5 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches, published in 1923, cat: Dickins-78, pencil signed. Walcot was born in Russia, the son of a British father and Russian mother. His family traveled extensively throughout Europe as well as South America, and Walcot was educated in Paris and Russia, graduating with a degree in architecture from the Imperial Academy of the Arts in Moscow. He worked as an architect briefly in Russia before moving to England in 1906. He became well known for his etchings which portray an impressive knowledge of architectural details along with a distinctive impressionistic influence in the atmosphere and immediacy of the images. This scene of York Minster is a great example of this sense of light and atmosphere, the delicate details of the cathedral contrasting with the quickly rendered people in the foreground.
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