Etching Prints. By Sir Frank Short. From the Modern Masters of Etchings No. 5. The Studio. London, 1925.
$12.00
Sir Frank Short was a prominent British artist and engraver in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He took a wide range of subjects–from classic reproductions to landscape and waterscape studies. For many years, he served as the President of the Royal Society of Painter Etcher & Engravers. In this set of prints, Short’s etchings are reproduced for subscribers of the Modern Masters of Etching series. The series was published in the 1920s and 30s. Each plate is tipped onto its original page. They are sold here as individual prints ready to be displayed. The available prints are:
- I. “Sleeping Till the Flood”
- II. “Low Tide, the Evening Star, and Rye’s Long Pier Deserted”
- III. “A Wintry Blast on the Stourbridge Canal”
- IV. “Gathering the Flock on Maxwell Bank” (SOLD)
- V. “The Solway at Midday”
- VI. “Noon on the Zuider Zee”
- VII. “An April Day in Kent”
- VIII. “Peveril’s Castle” (SOLD)
- IX. “Strolling Players at Lydd”
- X. “The Street, Whitstable”
- XI. “Morning Haze in Chichester Harbour”
- XII. “The Sea Road into Seaford”
All plates fine. On the original pages as mounting boards. Vertical measurement of each page is 9.5” x 12.375”. Make a selection by print title.
A fine selection of superb etching prints from the 1920s.
Description
Etching Prints. By Sir Frank Short. From the Modern Masters of Etchings No. 5. The Studio. London, 1925.
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Additional information
| Weight | 3 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 16 × 12 × 3 in |
| Print Selections | I. “Sleeping Till the Flood”, II. “Low Tide, the Evening Star, and Rye’s Long Pier Deserted”, III. “A Wintry Blast on the Stourbridge Canal”, IV. “Gathering the Flock on Maxwell Bank”, V. “The Solway at Midday”, VI. “Noon on the Zuider Zee”, VII. “An April Day in Kent”, VIII. “Peveril’s Castle”, IX. “Strolling Players at Lydd”, X. “The Street, Whitstable”, XI. “Morning Haze in Chichester Harbour”, XII. “The Sea Road into Seaford” |
