Warlow (Herbert Gordon) ARE, ARIBA.
Wells Cathedral (large plate),
£165
, , 1912.
Herbert Gordon Warlow (1885-1942) was born in Sheffield, and first attended art school in the city. Over time he became one of the most highly skilled practitioners in the etching revival of the early 20th century. Aside from being elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, he was also an Associate of the Royal Society of British Architects, an interest that often dominated his compositions.
An intensively detailed architectural study of the beautiful cathedral facade at Wells, in Somerset, brought out by Warlow’s masterful handling of light and deep shade over line, and given a heightened sense of scale and atmosphere by the carefully crafted miniscule figures milling around in the foreground..
360 by 240mm (14¼ by 9½ inches).
etching with drypoint on pale cream laid paper, signed in pencil, lower right, signed and dated in the plate, lower right, decoratively lettered title in the plate, upper right, some creasing, particularly in the wide margins,
| Dimensions | 360240149 cm |
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| Dimensions | 360 by 240mm (14¼ by 9½ inches). |
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