SHORT, FRANK, Walberswick Pier, no. 1

Beschrijving

Seascape with a rickety pier jutting out into the water. Faintly etched sailing vessels in the background.

Etching and soft ground with plate tone on laid paper with watermark (A.C.L. visible). Sheet size 212 x 286 mm., platemark 150 x 228 mm. Made by Frank Short after his own design, in September 1890, signed in pencil lower right.

Sir Francis Job Short (Stourbridge 1857 – 1945 Ditchling) was a British printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint and pure aquatint, while also working in drypoint, etching and engraving. Short wrote about printmaking and was President of the Royal Society of Painter Etcher & Engavers from 1910 to 1938. He was a member of the Art Workers' Guild and was elected Master in 1901.

In excellent condition.

References: Hardie 257 (ii/2; Hardie states the first state was printed in a run of 2 or 3 copies, of the second state 50 copies were printed); Strange 118.