William Walcot, R.E. R.E.Hon R.I.B.A. 1874-1943.
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United Kingdom.
Charing Cross -- The Statue of Charles I. 1919. Etching with aquatint and drypoint. 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 9 1/8 x 11 3/8). A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $750.
Chelsea Old Church. 1924. Etching, drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 94. 5 3/8 x 8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 9 3/4). Edition 100 for The Print Collector's Club. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and dedicated "W.R. Button from W. Walcot London 1930" in pencil. $400.
Loading Barges on the Thames. 1922. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 72. 4 5/8 x 13 1/8 (sheet 9 1/2 x 15 1/2).Series: The Arteries of Great Britain. Edition 425. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on J. Whatman wove paper. Signed in pencil. $450.
Ludgate Hill. 1921. Etching, aquatint and drypoint. Dickins 69. 5 5/8 x 5 1/8 (sheet 13 5/8 x 9 3/4). A fine proof with plate tone, printed on 'J Wha[tman] cream wove paper. Edition of 275 for the UK and 125 for the US. Signed in pencil. $400.
Portland Place. c.1925. Etching and drypoint. Dickins 194. 6 x 9 3/8 (sheet 8 7/8 x 13). A fine proof with plate tone, printed on cream wove paper. The RIBA, Architectural Association headquarters is in the backgroung). Signed in pencil. $600.
Regent Street - the Quadrant. 1917. Etching, drypoint and aquatint. 3 7/8 x 4 15/16 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 2/8).Edition 126. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on 'F.J.Head & Co' cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $650.
The Thames - Pool of London. c. 1920. Etching and drypoint. 5 7/8 x 11 7/8 (sheet 10 1/4x 16). Edition about 100. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $725.
The Thames from Waterloo Bridge. 1913. Etching. Dickins 12. 3 3/4 x 7 1/16 (sheet 7 x 10 15/16). Edition 100. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $600.
Whitehall -- with the Cenotaph. 1924 Etching with aquatint and drypoint. Dickins 88. 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 9 3/8 x 12 1/2). A fine proof printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $600.
The Tyne. 1922. Etching and drypoint. Dickins 73. 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 (sheet 9 5/8 x 12 5/8). Series: The Arteries of Great Britain. Edition 425. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $400.
Italy and Spain
San Marco (St. Mark's). 1920. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 66 Harvey-Lee 91 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/8). Venice set, # 2. Edition 415. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper. Fold in the margin, well outside the image; otherwise good condition. Signed in pencil. $400.
The Pageant of Ludlow: The British Chief Caractacus, a Prisoner Before the Roman General Osterius in 50 AD. 1934. Etching, aquatint and drypoint. 7 3/4 x 9 1/4 (sheet 14 3/8 x 14 3/8). Printed in brown ink on white wove paper. Unobtrusive foxing. Signed in pencil. $500
Architectural draughtsman, etcher. Born in Lustdorf, near Odessa, Russia, to a British father and Russian mother. Traveled extensively with his family before studying architecture in St Petersburg, with further studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Redan, Paris. Practiced architecture in Moscow and was co-designer of the Metropole Hotel, in 1898. Moved to London in 1907 and was employed as an architectural perspectivist. After a sponsored visit to Rome and Venice he had a solo exhibit at the Fine Art Society, 1912, 'Watercolours of London and Venice'; followed by a further four shows. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers..., and Connell & Sons. His etchings were published in London by H C Dickens,1913-24, and a folio of his work 'Architectural watercolors and etchings of William Walcot' was published, in 1919. Elected RE, 1920; FRIBA, 1922; Associate British School at Rome. A foremost architectural draughtsman, he worked from studios in London, Oxford and Rome.
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