Valuable modern etchings and water colour drawings
Publisher: Sotheby's
Published: 1923
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Art collections
Notes: Sale code: SHELL.

First Day's Sale - modern etchings, the property of Frank E. Bliss, Esq. (sold owing to his having given up his residence, 21 Holland Park, W.), including a fine series of impressions by Augustus E. John, A.R.A.; soft- ground etchings, by Nelson Dawson, Esq., A.R.W.S., R.E., R.W.A., of Staithe House, Chiswick Mall, W.; a remarkable collection of etchings and engravings, by Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E., forming a practically complete series of his work, both published and unpublished, originally his own set and now sold as a collection by order of the present owner, C. Stirling Lee, Esq., of Graiseley Cottage, Wolverhampton; and other properties comprising fine impressions by Muirhead Bone, D.Y. Cameron, R.A., James McBey, Anders Zorn, etc. Second Day's Sale - modern etchings, framed and in the portfolio, the property of Mrs. Llewelyn Baker, of Endcliffe, Henbury, Bristol, by Muirhead Bone, D.Y. Cameron, R.A., Hedley Fitton, R.E., Sir F. Seymour Haden, P.R.E., Axel Haig, R.E., A. Legros, Sir F. Short, R.A., P.R.E., J.A.M. Whistler, etc.; water colour drawings, including the property of Lady Binning, the property of Mrs. Charles Thackeray; and from other private sources, comprising examples by Mrs. Allingham, R.W.S., E.F. Brickdale, David Cox, A.W. Hunt, Henry Lamb, J.W. Lewin, T.M. Richardson, Hughes Stanton, R.A., R.W.S., E.M. Wimperis; and a series of English coast scenes and landscapes, by Nelson Dawson, Esq., A.R.W.S., R.E., R.W.A., of Staithe House, Chiswick Mall, W.

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Place of sale: London.

Date of sale: Mar. 14, 1923.