Shirley Common 1830 |
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Original etching with touches of drypoint.
Ref: Read 63 ii/ii (no.44 in 1832 catalogue)
S 86 x 182 mm; P & I 81 x 177 mm
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Beautiful proof impression with delicate plate tone, the touches of drypoint printing with fresh burr. A presentation proof given by the artist to the Earl of Pembroke.
The archetypal D.C. Read pastoral landscape, this view shows Shirley Common near Southampton before it fell victim to the relentless spread of residential development. On very fine wove paper, with thread margins. Tipped at corners to original backing sheet, as prepared by the artist himself. Faintest suggestion of foxing at left edge of sheet, otherwise very fine original condition. |
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