29 James McNeill
Whistler (American/ Brit.,
1834-1903)
Fulham, 1879. Etching, signed with butterfly in plate lower centre,
13 x 20.3cm (plate), 29.8 x 35.9cm (paper). Stains and crop marks
in pencil to margins.
This
etching lacks the blindstamp of the Printsellers' Association
used on the published edition. Illustrated in Kennedy, The
Etched Work of Whistler, 1978, plate 182. This is one of
three etchings of the
old wooden Fulham (or Putney) toll bridge Whistler etched in
1879, before it was replaced by a stone bridge. (Ref: Fitzwilliam
Museum, Cambridge)
$2,200
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30 William Strang (British, 1859-1921)
Self-portrait No. 6, 1885. Etching, annotated in pencil by printer
"David Strang, imp." and signed in pencil by William
Strang in lower margin, 19.9 x 12.4cm. Repaired minor tears and
foxing to edges of margins.
Having
studied and taught at the Slade School of Fine Art in London,
Strang became known as one of the Big Four, alongside the widely
acclaimed Scottish etchers David Young Cameron, Muirhead Bone,
and James McBey. Strang depicts himself at work with his etcher's
needle. He is wearing a bonnet to bring attention to his Scottish
heritage. (Ref: Glasgow Museums)
$880
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31 Cecil Aldin (Brit., 1870-1935)
Miss Campbell's "April Lady" & "Dame Marigold"
- Babies - Mr Frank Harrison's "Champion Angelo" &
Mr Duerdin Dutton's "Starboard", 1893. Ink and wash
with white highlight, captioned centre left and right, signed
and dated lower left, publishing annotations in pencil in various
hands with two stamps verso, 44.1 x 29.7cm. Foxing, slight stains
and soiling overall.
Stamps
read "Horace Cox, Brear's Buildings, E. C. The Queen"
and "C. Robertson & Co. Artist's Colourmen. 99 Long
Acre and 154 Piccadilly, London."
$4,400
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