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Margaret Curtis Haythorne (Brit., 1893–1978).

[Sheep Resting Beneath Trees]

c1920s. Colour woodcut, signed in pencil in lower margin, 24.2 x 38.6cm. Minor creases to margins.

British painter and wood engraver Margaret Curtis Haythorne studied at the Liverpool City School of Art around 1915 and later at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. She exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Redfern Gallery. In 1924, she was elected associate member of the Society of Wood Engravers. She is best known for the posters she designed for the London County Council Tramways, including Dull Days Made Bright in the Museums, 1922. Haythorne’s work is represented in the British Museum, the V&A and the London Transport Museum.

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Item #CL202-30

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