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All works are signed in pencil unless indicated otherwise.
Church of Saint Jean l'Aigle, Orn. 1940. Etching. Fletcher 343.ii. 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 (sheet 7 1/2 x 5 1/4). Edition 551. French Church Series #43; Miniature series #26. Annotated 'sp' in pencil indicating a proof printed by David Strang. A fine impression on Japanese mulberry pencil. Signed,dated and annotated in pencil. $150.
Wilby Church, Northamptonshire, England. 1940. Etching. Fletcher 335.iii. 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 (sheet 6 1/16 x 4 11/16). Edition 432.English Series #7; Miniature Series # 24. Printed by David Strang on cream laid paper. Signed, titled, numbered, dated, annotated 'iii' and dedicated 'To Charles E. Pont from John Taylor Arms' in pencil. $150.
Christmas from the Gorslines. 1942. Etching. 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 (sheet 8 3/4 x 5 7/8). A fine impression on off-white laid paper with deckle edges on 2 sides. Excellent condition apart from two stains from old hinges in the top corners. Signed and dated in pencil. $175.
Janine. Drypoint. 9 5/16 x 8 1/4 (sheet 15 1/4 x 12 3/4). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $200. <
Figure Studiy
Statue-Fisherboy 1967. Linoleum cut. 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 (sheet 11 x 13 3/8). Edition 16. A fine impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $100.
Landscape Study
Hybrid Fertility c. 1964. Linoleum cut. 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 (sheet 12 1/4 x 16). Edition 20, #17. A fine impression printed on brown wove paper. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $175.
Cards: Sample Cards
Sheet 1. "Printed from Metal Plate made from Original Design of Hand Stamped Wood Type or Rubber Erasers". Sheet of 5 cards, each approximately 5 1/2 x 4, mounted on a single sheet by the artist. $50. Sheet 2. "Printed from Metal Plate made from Original Drawing in Pen and Ink". Sheet of 5 cards, each approximately 5 1/2 x 4, mounted on a single sheet by the artist. $50.Sheet 3. "Printed froma Selection of Old Type Cuts". Sheet of 3 cards, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, 6 x 4 3/4 and 7 x 6, mounted on a single sheet by the artist. $40.
Holiday Cards
Whence Comes A Rush of Wings Afar Following Straing the Noel Star?. 1964. Linoleum cut printed in grey and red. 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 (sheet 8 3/4 x 11 1/2). Center fold; otherwise good condition. A fine impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $50
'Till Dangers Troubled Night and the Star of Peace Return.' Thomas Campbell. 1965. Linoleum cut printed in red, white and black. 10 x 9 3/8 (sheet 7 3/4 x 12 1/2). A fine impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $50
[Icon]. 1968. Linoleum cut printed in red and black. 6 3/4 x 11 1/4 (sheet 8 1/2 x 11 5/8). Paper clip stains; otherwise good condition. A fine impression printed on white wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $50.
'I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In...on Christmas Day in the Morning. '. 1969. Linoleum cut printed in red and grey. 6 3/4 x 11 1/4 (sheet 8 1/2 x 11 5/8). Paper clip stains; otherwise good condition. A fine impression printed on white wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $50.
William Cowper Esqr. (After Thomas Lawrence 1769-1830). 1806. Stipple engraving. 11 x 8 (sheet 12 1/8 x 9 5/8). Published by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, January 1, 1806. Printed on cream wove paper. Published by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, January 1, 1806. Printed on cream wove paper. Paper grubby, mainly around the edges, otherwise fair original condition. Signed, dated and titled in the plate. $125. 1/4 (sheet 10 x 7 1/2).
West Bow, Edinburgh. c. 1847. Lithograph by Harding after a drawing by Cattermole. 16 3/4 x 11 9/16 (sheet 21 1/2 x 14). From the portfolio "Scotland Delineated in a Series of Views," originally produced for John Parker Lawson and published by E,Gambart in London and Edinburgh, 1849 - 1854. Lithographed by Day and Son. There were several printings. This is probably from the first edition, volume 1. Printed on heavy off-white wove paper. Good condition apart from scattered foxing. Signed in pencil by Cattermole. $175.
St. Paul's. c. 1925. Etching and drypoint.6 3/4 x 5 1/4 (sheet 10 5/8 x 8 7/8). A rich impression printed on cream wove paer. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.
Chalice and Host: Manducaverunt / Et Saturati Sunt Nimis: Non Sunt Fraudati A Desiderio Suo. 1927. Wood engraving. Physick 490. 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 (sheet 13 1/16 x 9 7/8). As published in Engravings by Eric Gill Douglas Cleverdon, Birmingham, England, 1929. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Made for the Reverend Desmond Chute. Unsigned. $175.
Cartouche for Colophon. 1929. Woodcut. Physick 613. 2 1/4 x 3 5/16 (sheet 13 1/16 x 9 7/8). Printed for Douglas Cleverdon's Engravings by Eric Gill. Printed on cream wove paper. Unsigned. $75.
Device: Spray of Leaves. 1917. Wood engraving. Physick 108. 1 x 1 3/8. Printed for a funeral card and subsequently used for other purposes by S. Dominic's press.
Device: Stalk with Leaves. 1917. Wood engraving. Physick 109. 7/8 x 1. Printed for a funeral card and subsequently used for other purposes by S. Dominic's press.
Device: Initial letter 'O' with Speedwell. 1917. Wood engraving. Physick 110. 1 1/8 x 1 1/8. Printed for a funeral card and subsequently used for other purposes by S. Dominic's press.
Device: Paschal Lamb. 1917. Wood engraving. Physick 192. Originally printed in The Game, Volume I, Number 31 and elsewhere.
Device: Axe and Block. 1917. Wood engraving. Physick 135. 1 1/2 x 1 1/2. Originally printed in The Game, volume II, Number 1; and Woodwork, by A. Romney Green (S. Dominic's press, 1918).
Device: Hangman's Rope. 1917. Wood engraving. Physick 136. 1 1/2 x 2 1/2. Originally printed in The Game, volume II, Number 1; and Woodwork, by A. Romney Green (S. Dominic's press, 1918).
All six wood engravings printed on one sheet of cream wove paper, as published in Engravings by Eric Gill Douglas Cleverdon, Birmingham, England, 1929. Unsigned. $175.
Dumb-Driven Cattle. 1915. Wood engraving. Physick 36. 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 (sheet 13 1/8 x 9 15/16). Originally published in 'The Devil's Devices,' by Douglas Pepler (The Hampshire House Workshops, London, 1915). The first 200 copies of the edition of 1,500 were numbered and signed. Two editions of the engravings only (consisting of 15 and 33 sets at 31/6 and 15/- a set respectivly) were issued in the same year. As published in Engravings by Eric Gill Douglas Cleverdon, Birmingham, England, 1929. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Initialed in the block. $175.
Initial 'S' with Church. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 62. 1 x 1. Engraved for S. Dominic's press.
Chalice and Host with Candles. 1916. Woodcut. Physick 53. 1 1/4 x 1.
Hog in a Triangle. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 58. 1 1/8 x 3/4.
DP and Cross. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 64. 1 1/4 x 3/8.
Chalice and Host. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 65. 1 7/16 x 3/4.
Pilgrim. 1930. Line engraving. 1 7/8 x 3 7/8 (sheet 3 3/8 x 4 3/16). Printed on cream wove paper with text on the verso, laid onto a card for support. Signed and annotated 'B' in ink. $175.
Fables of La Fontaine: Unsigned proofs from the book edition.
The Acorn and the Pumpkin. 1927. Line engraving. 6 3/16 x 3 1/2 (sheet 10 1/8 x 6 1/8). Edition 525 in the book printing (there were 15 pre-publication proofs). Series: Fables of La Fontaine. As published in the 1931 Heinemann edition of La Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, volume II. Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Unsigned. $95.
The Admirable Crichton. 1927. Line engraving. Dodgson 91. 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 (sheet 10 1/8 x 6 1/8). Edition 525 in the book printing (there were 15 pre-publication proofs). Series: Fables of La Fontaine. As published in the 1931 Heinemann edition of La Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, volume II. Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Unsigned. $50
The Judge, the Hospitaler and the Solitary. 1927. Line engraving. 4 x 4 (sheet 10 1/8 x 6). Edition 525 in the book printing (there were 15 pre-publication proofs). Series: Fables of La Fontaine. As published in the 1931 Heinemann edition of La Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, volume II. Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Unsigned. $75.
The Old Man and the Three Youths. 1927. Line engraving. 6 3/16 x 3 1/2 (sheet 10 x 6 1/4). Edition 525 in the book printing (there were 15 pre-publication proofs). Series: Fables of La Fontaine. As published in the 1931 Heinemann edition of La Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, volume II. Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Unsigned. $65.
The Shepherd and his Flock. 1927. Line engraving. 3 x 3 3/8 (sheet 10 1/8 x 6 1/8). Edition 525 in the book printing (there were 15 pre-publication proofs). Series: Fables of La Fontaine. As published in the 1931 Heinemann edition of La Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, volume II. Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Unsigned. $50.
The Two Friends. 1927. Line engraving. 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 (sheet 10 x 6 1/4). Edition 525 in the book printing (there were 15 pre-publication proofs). Series: Fables of La Fontaine. As published in the 1931 Heinemann edition of La Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, volume II. Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Unsigned. $50.
The Wolf and the Sportsman. 1927. Line engraving. Dodgson 89. 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 (sheet 10 x 6). Edition 525 in the book printing (there were 15 pre-publication proofs). Series: Fables of La Fontaine. As published in the 1931 Heinemann edition of La Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, volume II. Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Unsigned. $50.
[Road into Town]. c. 1894. Lithograph. 5 5/8 x 8 3/8 (sheet 7 3/8 x 10 1/4). Printed on cream 'MBM' laid paper. Signed in the stone. $75.
At Dorking. c. 1836. Lithograph. 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 (sheet 22 1/8 x 15 3/5). Printed on grey paper laid onto heavy wove paper. Printed on grey paper laid onto heavy wove paper. Scattered foxing; otherwise good condition. A richly contrasting impression housed in an archival 24 x 20-inch mat. Titled and monogrammed in the stone. $125.
Etchings
All of these etchings are from the artist's personal collection, which was inherited by her neice, Judith Hughes.
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England
Cottage -- front view. Etching. 3 5/8 x 3 3/8 (sheet 5 1/16 x 5 1/8). Printed on cream-colored laid paper with a partial watermark. A fine impression. Stamped signature. $75.
Cottage -- front view. Etching. 3 5/8 x 3 3/8 (etching sheet 13/16 x 4 5/8; calendar sheet 9 x 7 1/8). The etching is hinged onto a backing board. A sheet of parchment paper is the front mount; a 1937 calendar is affixed to the parchment paper. An orange ribbon, tied in a bow, holds the front and back mount together. Stamped signature. $175.
Four Trees: Farm in the Distance. Etching. Second state. 5 15/16 x 3 11/16 (sheet 8 1/2 x 8 9/16). A rich impression on cream-colored wove paper with deckle edges on two sides. Stamped signature. $100.
Four Trees: Farm in the Distance. Etching with 1939 calendar affixed to the sheet (12 7/8 x 8 3/4). Stamped signature. $175.
Mill Wheel with Sycamore. Etching. 7 7/8 x 5 15/16 (sheet 11 7/16 x 9 1/8). Printed on the full sheet of laid paper with deckle edges. Stamped signature. $150.
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Old Watermill. Etching. 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 (sheet 3 1/4 x 4 3/8). Three working proofs, printed on cream wove paper. Stamped signature verso. $300 for the set of three:
a. Before the addition of the tree on the left; hint of conte crayon to suggest smoke over the roof, and faint outlines of another tree between the two on the right.
b. Before the addition of the tree on the left; conte crayon over the crees and roof on the left, and faint outlines of another tree branch between the two trees on the right.
c. With the addition of the tree on the left; conte crayon outlines of another tree between the two on the right.
Old Watermill. Etching. 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 (sheet 9 3/16 x 6 7/8). Final state with the addition of the tree on the left and an additional branch on the next tree to the right. Printed on the full sheet of pale cream-colored wove paper with deckle edges. Tied to a separate support board with a brown ribbone tied in a bow. Preparatory for a calendar. Stamped signature. $125.
Old Watermill. Etching. 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 (sheet 9 1/4 x 6 7/8). Final state with the addition of the tree on the left and an additional branch on the next tree to the right. A 1938 calendar is affixed to the etching sheet. Printed on the full sheet of pale cream-colored wove paper with deckle edges. Tied to a separate support board with a brown ribbon tied in a bow. Stamped signature. $175.
Penzance Church from the Harbour over Dry Dock. Etching. 7 1/2 x 7 1/8 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 1/4). Printed on the full sheet of cream laid paper with deckle edges. Stamped signature. $175.
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Pollarded Trees. Pencil study for the etching. 5 x 4 3/8 (sheet 6 3/4 x 6 3/8). Drawn on cream wove paper of the verso of the etching. $125
Pollarded Trees. Etching. 5 x 4 3/8 (sheet 6 3/4 x 6 3/8). Printed on wove paper with deckle edges on two sides; a corner of the paper missing, outside the image. Stamped signature. $125.
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Pollarded Trees. Etching. 5 x 4 3/8 (sheet 6 3/4 x 6 3/8). Printed on cream wove paper in black ink. Working proof touched with white watercolour. Stamped signature. $125.
Pollarded Trees. Etching. 5 x 4 3/8 (sheet 9 7/84 x 7 5/8). Printed on cream wove paper. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper, with deckle edges. Tack holes in the margins from drying. A richly inked impression is brown/black ink. Stamped signature. $125.
Quarry. Etching and drypoint. 6 3/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 9 1/8 x 12 1/2). Printed on the full sheet of pale cream-colored laid paper with an "F.G. Head & Co." watermark. A rich impression in excellent condition, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Stamped signature. $175.
Rookery. Etching with 1939 calendar affixed to the sheet 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 10 7/8 x 8 3/4). Stamped signature. $175.
Tall Trees. Etching. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 13 7/16 x 9 7/8). Printed on the full sheet of cream-colored laid paper with deckle edges on three sides. Stamped signature. $175.
Three Trees. Etching. 4 15/16 x 5 7/8 (sheet 6 1/4 x 10 3/8). Printed on wove paper with deckle edges. Stamped signature. $175.
Wood Above the House. Etching. 6 3/4 x 4 7/8 (sheet 9 7/8 x 7 5/8). Printed on laid paper with deckle edges. A extremely rich impression. Annotated verso by the artist, 'Inst[ructions] - put heavy French transport g[round] or 1/2 & 1/2 ground by Blind". Stamped signature. $175.
Woodland Farmyard. Etching and drypoint. First state, before additional drypoint on the trees and buildings. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 12 5/8 x 9 11/16). Printed on the full sheet of "Arc[hes]" laid paper with deckle edges. Stamped signature. $175.
[Pastoral Landscape with Cows]. 1880. Etching. 4 3/4 x 6 13/16 (sheet 7 3/4 x 10 7/16). Printed with plate tone on simili-Japan paper. Bears pencil signature. $50.
The Dart. c.1920. Drypoint. Brinton 11. 7 1/2 x 12 7/8 (sheet 10 7/8 x 17). A rich impression with plate tone printed on white wove paper. Signed in pencil. $175.
Bridgnorth (after the watercolour by T. Girtin). 1885. Etching. Hardie 172. 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 (sheet 9 x 13 3/4). Edition of 2000, as published in the Portfolio vol. xix, 1888. A dramatic impression printed on ceam wove paper. Monogrammed in the shield, lower left. $75.
Scene in the Campagna also known as Woman at a Tank and Hindu Ablutions. (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) 1886. Hardie 4.ii. Preliminary etching for the mezzotint. 8 1/2 x 11 3/8 (sheet 12 5/8 x 17 3/8). Printed in brown ink on off-white wove paper. Signed in the plate. $125.
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{Moored Boats}. c. 1935. Pencil drawing. 5 1/8 x 6 3/4. Drawn on tan watermarked laid paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Unsigned. $125.
Repairs to S.T. John Wilson.(London) c. 1912. Crayon drawing. 7 13/16 x 8 3/4. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Sketch of a trawler, verso. Signed and titled in ink. $175.
Richmond, Yorkshire. c. 1900. Ink drawing. 10 3/8 x 14 15/16 (sheet 11 x 15 1/2). Drawn on heavy cream wove paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, lower right. $125.
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Octagon Gallery on Ludgate Hill. (London). Pencil drawing. 9 15/16 x 7 1/8 (sheet). Drawn on cream laid paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Titled in pencil, upper right and lower right. $175.
St. Martin's Church, Ludgate Hill. (London). Pencil drawing. 10 x 9 7/8 (sheet 14 7/8 x 11). Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Drawn on cream wove paper. There is a horizontal fold in the center, and there are tack holes in ther four corners from exhibition. Unsigned. $175.
The Octagon Gallery is located on Ludgate Hill in London. The main building in the Gallery is St. Martin's Church, which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
Farmyard. c. 1925. Etching and drypoint. 5 1/2 x 11 (sheet 10 x 15 1/4). Edition 75, #54. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and numbered in pencil. $150.
Pierrot en Prison I. 1876. Etching. 4 7/8 x 3 15/16 (sheet 11 7/16 x 7 11/16). Printed by Delâtre on tan laid paper with deckle edges on three sides. Visible plate mark. As published in Paris à l'eauforte. Unsigned. $125.
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LA RENTRÉE.
C'est drôle, je ne vois pas revenir la petite Confiance.
(The return
It's strange that , I don't seem to see little Confiance return.)
1868. Lithograph. Delteil 3669.iii/iii (with letters). 9 7/8 x 8 3/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 11 3/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 220. Published in Le Charivari October 12, 1868. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r. Rivoli 55; lower right: Lith.Destouches, r. Paradis Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal folds; minor scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
L'amant et le dictionnaire des rimes. (The Lover and the Rhyming Dictionary) July 7, 1839. Lithograph. 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 (image), 10 1/3 x 9 (border), 14 5/8 x 10 (sheet). A find impression printed on newsprint as published in Le Charivari. Good condition apart from a center fold. Signed in reverse in the stone. $175. A charming parody on amateur poets, as the comparisons become increasingly less flattering. $125.
(L'amant): Nymphes des Bois, connaissez vous Adèle? (Le Dictionnaire des Rimes): Adèle! Pastourelle, charnelle, onzelle, matétielle, récelle, sempiternelle, femelle....Qu'elle demoiselle!
Le Pope Niemetsky. Prisonnier de guerre au camp de Halle (Prusse), 1915. (Pope Niemetsky, Prisoner of war in the Halle Camp, Prussia). 1915. Drypont. Printed by Vernant and Dollé, and published in Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Unsigned. $65.
Portrait of Lèon Bonnat. 1880. Etching. 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 (sheet 12 x 8 3/16). Printed by Vernant on cream wove paper and published in Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Monogrammed in the plate. $85.
Wald (Forest). c. 1923. Etching printed in grey-green. 7 5/4 x 5 3/4 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 1/2). A fine impression with plate tone printed on watermarked cream wove paper. Ex-collection Eugene A. Noble'. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.
L'esclave du Devoir. (A Slave to Duty.) 1876. Etching. 4 3/16 x 2 5/8 (sheet 11 7/16 x 7 3/4). Printed by Delâtre on cream laid paper with one side deckle edge. Published in Paris à l'eau-forte. Signed in the plate. $125.
Les Solutions Conjugales. (Conjugal Solutions.) 1876. Etching. 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 (sheet 9 15/16 x 7 5/16). Illustration for Auguste Sauliëre Les solutions conjugales. Printed by Delâtre on cream laid paper. Published in Paris à l'eau-forte. Signed in the plate. Extremely scarce. $175.
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Asses. 1872. Etching. Two different images printed on the same sheet of cream laid paper each measuring 3 9/16 x 5 1/16 (sheet 13 11/16 x 9 3/4). As published in The Portfolio, volume 3. Both images initialed in plate. $125 for the sheet.
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Ponies and Horses on the Battlefield. 1872. Etching. Two different images printed on the same sheet of cream laid 'PORTFOLIO MBM' paper each measuring 3 9/16 x 5 1/16 (sheet 13 11/16 x 9 3/4). As published in The Portfolio, volume 3. Both images initialed in plate. $125 for the sheet.
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