Verpilleux (Émile Antoine)

atmospheric crepuscular scene by the Anglo-Belgian master printmaker, Émile Verpilleux (1888-1964). Known mostly for his wood-engravings rather than aquatints such as this, he was the first artist to have a colour print exhibited at the Royal Academy. He was  appointed an MBE for military services during the First World War,

colour-printed etching with aquatint on thick wove paper, 265 x 175 mm. (10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in), signed and dated lower right, a short repaired tear at the right sheet edge, well outside the platemark,