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Chien Gate from without 1911 Original etching. Very good signed proof impression printed by E.S. Lumsden himself,
from the only edition of 48 signed proofs.
One of only six original etchings which resulted from Lumsden’s visit to China in 1910. SOLD |
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Entrance to the Altar of Heaven 1911 Original etching. Very fine signed proof impression printed with delicate plate tone.
From the only edition of 50 signed proofs.
One of only six original etchings which resulted from Lumsden’s visit to China in 1910. SOLD |
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Villa-Martin, Spain 1924 Original etching. Excellent impression with good, strong contrast; from the only edition of 55 signed and numbered proofs. SOLD |
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The Mosque, Calcutta 1912 Original etching. Very fine impression, from the only edition of 53 signed and numbered proofs. SOLD |
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The Shrine 1922 Original etching. Excellent, strong impression, carefully wiped to create dramatic chiaroscuro. One of only 50 signed and numbered proofs issued in the sole edition. SOLD |
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Awnings and Umbrellas (Benares) 1914 Original etching. Very fine signed proof impression printed with delicate plate tone. From the only edition of 45 signed proofs, printed by the artist himself. SOLD |
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Shiva’s Bull (Benares) 1919 Original etching. Very good, strong impression printed in dark brownish-black ink with plate tone.
From the sole edition of 50 signed proofs, printed by the artist himself. SOLD |
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The Black Boat, No.1 1919 Original etching. Excellent impression printed with delicate plate tone. From the sole edition of only 20 signed proof impressions – a particularly beautiful impression printed by the artist himself. SOLD |
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The Great Steps (Benares) 1925 Original etching. Excellent, strong impression printed with delicate plate tone. From the only edition of 60 signed and numbered proofs, printed by the artist himself (62 in total). SOLD |
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The Castle Rock, No.2 (Edinburgh) 1909 Original etching. Very rare – one of only 7 proofs ever printed from this plate.
Very fine, delicate impression, printed in brown ink by the artist himself. SOLD |
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The Castle Rock, No.3 (Edinburgh) 1909 Original etching. Excellent, delicate impression, from the sole edition of only 20 signed proofs,
printed by the artist himself. SOLD |
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The "Figure of Eight" 1909 Original etching. Excellent impression from the only edition of 40 signed proofs,
printed by the artist himself. SOLD |
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The Saut Buckets (Edinburgh) 1926 Original drypoint. Lumsden’s greatest printed work.
Trial proof 'B'. The unique impression printed in the second state of the plate. Truly outstanding impression printed in dark brown ink, the freshly worked plate printing with a richness and clarity not found in impressions from the normal edition. SOLD |
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The Saut Buckets (Edinburgh) 1926 Original drypoint. Lumsden’s greatest printed work. Superb impression with rich drypoint burr, from the only edition of 60 signed and numbered proofs, printed by the artist himself. SOLD |
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Low Tide 1921 Original etching. Outstanding impression of Lumsden’s finest plate of London,
from the only edition of 50 signed and numbered proofs, printed by the artist himself. SOLD |
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Ernest Stephen Lumsden was a Scot by descent and adoption, though not by birth, and he made Edinburgh his home town, teaching at Edinburgh College of Art from 1908 until 1912. Long before he began his extensive travels to India and beyond, E.S.Lumsden had established himself as one of the rising stars of the Etching Revival through highly accomplished works of his local Scottish landscape.
E.S.Lumsden was an outstanding technician at both etching and printing his plates. He passed much of his knowledge of these techniques on to the rest of the world through his highly influential book The Art of Etching, first published in 1925.
Of all of the British etchers to depict the orient, Ernest Stephen Lumsden was the most prolific. One of the most widely travelled etchers of his generation, E.S.Lumsden produced 348 recorded plates. He was accompanied by his wife Mabel Royds on many of his later travels and her work reflects this partnership. [ more] |
