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Harry Morley

  1881 - 1943
 
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Il Conto

Il Conto  

Original line engraving.

Excellent impression. Signed proof from the only edition.

£280



Barbarians sold

Barbarians   1922

Original etching.

Rare early etching by Harry Morley.

SOLD



Hylas and the Nymphs sold

Hylas and the Nymphs   1929

Original line engraving.

Excellent impression, with crisp, clear line. From the only edition of 60 signed proofs.

SOLD



[Classical figures with Bacchus and Goats] sold

[Classical figures with Bacchus and Goats]   c.1930

Original line engraving.

Superb impression, with very fine, clear detail. From the only edition of signed proofs.

SOLD



The Connoisseurs sold

The Connoisseurs   1924

Original etching.

Harry Morley’s best-known etching.
Excellent impression, from the only edition of 50 signed proofs.

SOLD

 

After winning a scholarship in architectural studies to the Royal College of Art in the year 1900, Harry Morley progressed through his training into a career in architecture. However, he determined to become an artist whilst on a visit to Italy in 1907 and went to Paris to study painting in 1908. A regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1909, Harry Morley only took up etching in the early 1920’s. The Connoisseurs, his most famous print, was chosen for illustration in Fine Prints of the Year for 1924. In the late 1920’s, he turned to line engraving upon the suggestion of Robert Sargent Austin, and he went on to become a full member of the Royal Society Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1931. There is almost always a classical element to be found somewhere in Harry Morley’s etchings and his later printed works are specifically classical in theme. [more]