Lot 114
  • 114

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A.

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A.
  • The Pheasant (Dodgson 62)
  • signed in pencil on the margin
  • drypoint etching
  • plate: 10 by 8.5cm.; 4 by 3 1/4 in.
  • sheet: 28.5 by 22.5cm.; 11 1/4 by 9in.
Etching with drypoint, 1906, the fifth (final) state (the fourth state was printed in an edition of 25), on laid paper

Condition

With wide margins, the sheet with uneven discoloration, pale scattered fox marks throughout, the verso with the remains of hinging tape along the top sheet edge, framed.
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