Salisbury from the Avon, Harnham Bridge
Proof copy before letters from the family AFTER JOHN CONSTABLE, NORMAN
HIRST published by Leggatt Brothers, 82 Cheapside, 1903
50.2 x 61 cm.
Norman Hirst (1862-1956).Printmaker and painter, born in
Liverpool, who in 1885 took up a two-year scholarship at Herkomer's
School in Bushey, where he remained until 1895. Later lived on the
south coast, notably at Seaford, Sussex. While in Bushey Hirst learned
his engraving and mezzotint skills at the fine art printing studios of
H T Cox, and after he moved he continued to use the studios for
mezzotinting, at which he was an expert. His reputation was mainly as a
mezzotint engraver of works by Gainsborough, Lawrence, Watteau and
Romney, and in 1917 he was called as an expert witness in a notable
court case in which an attribution was disputed. (Hirst's opinion that
the work was not by Romney was eventually borne out.) Hirst was made an
associate of the RE in 1931. Frost & Reed published his works Sea
Melodies and Capture and Agnew The Mall and Gamme d'Amour. Showed
extensively at RA, also at Fine Art Society, Abber Gallery and RI, but
a lack of interest in original mezzotints after World War II prompted
Hirst's executors to burn most of his studio collection. Some of what
remained was exhibited in Three Bushey Artists by the Bushey Museum
Trust in 1991. Landscape mezzotint engravings on india laid, all
trial proofs before letters and titles, Stunning some minor
soiling to margins £265 inc delivery
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Salisbury Cathedral
Proof copy before letters from the family AFTER JOHN CONSTABLE, NORMAN
HIRST published by Leggatt Brothers, 82 Cheapside, 1903
Norman Hirst
(1862-1956).Printmaker and painter, born in Liverpool, who in 1885 took
up a two-year scholarship at Herkomer's School in Bushey, where he
remained until 1895. Later lived on the south coast, notably at
Seaford, Sussex. While in Bushey Hirst learned his engraving and
mezzotint skills at the fine art printing studios of H T Cox, and after
he moved he continued to use the studios for mezzotinting, at which he
was an expert. His reputation was mainly as a mezzotint engraver of
works by Gainsborough, Lawrence, Watteau and Romney, and in 1917 he was
called as an expert witness in a notable court case in which an
attribution was disputed. (Hirst's opinion that the work was not by
Romney was eventually borne out.) Hirst was made an associate of the RE
in 1931. Frost & Reed published his works Sea Melodies and Capture
and Agnew The Mall and Gamme d'Amour. Showed extensively at RA, also at
Fine Art Society, Abber Gallery and RI, but a lack of interest in
original mezzotints after World War II prompted Hirst's executors to
burn most of his studio collection. Some of what remained was exhibited
in Three Bushey Artists by the Bushey Museum Trust in 1991.
Landscape
mezzotint engravings on india laid, all trial proofs before letters and
titles, . . . Edge tear to page well out of plate mark £145
inc delivery
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Return of
the Napoleonic Wars ( to Salisbury)
Proof copy before letters from
the family NORMAN
HIRST published , 1895
Norman Hirst
(1862-1956).Printmaker and painter, born in Liverpool, who in 1885 took
up a two-year scholarship at Herkomer's School in Bushey, where he
remained until 1895. Later lived on the south coast, notably at
Seaford, Sussex. While in Bushey Hirst learned his engraving and
mezzotint skills at the fine art printing studios of H T Cox, and after
he moved he continued to use the studios for mezzotinting, at which he
was an expert. His reputation was mainly as a mezzotint engraver of
works by Gainsborough, Lawrence, Watteau and Romney, and in 1917 he was
called as an expert witness in a notable court case in which an
attribution was disputed. (Hirst's opinion that the work was not by
Romney was eventually borne out.) Hirst was made an associate of the RE
in 1931. Frost & Reed published his works Sea Melodies and Capture
and Agnew The Mall and Gamme d'Amour. Showed extensively at RA, also at
Fine Art Society, Abber Gallery and RI, but a lack of interest in
original mezzotints after World War II prompted Hirst's executors to
burn most of his studio collection. Some of what remained was exhibited
in Three Bushey Artists by the Bushey Museum Trust in 1991.
Landscape
mezzotint engravings on india laid, all trial proofs before letters and
titles, . . . Close cut to 4 cm from plate mark some soiling but
rare dated in pencil £145
inc delivery
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Watermill
Looks to
be Wales maybe Machynlleth but put here with the Hirst's
Proof copy before letters from the family NORMAN
HIRST published , 1895
Norman Hirst
(1862-1956).Printmaker and painter, born in Liverpool, who in 1885 took
up a two-year scholarship at Herkomer's School in Bushey, where he
remained until 1895. Later lived on the south coast, notably at
Seaford, Sussex. While in Bushey Hirst learned his engraving and
mezzotint skills at the fine art printing studios of H T Cox, and after
he moved he continued to use the studios for mezzotinting, at which he
was an expert. His reputation was mainly as a mezzotint engraver of
works by Gainsborough, Lawrence, Watteau and Romney, and in 1917 he was
called as an expert witness in a notable court case in which an
attribution was disputed. (Hirst's opinion that the work was not by
Romney was eventually borne out.) Hirst was made an associate of the RE
in 1931. Frost & Reed published his works Sea Melodies and Capture
and Agnew The Mall and Gamme d'Amour. Showed extensively at RA, also at
Fine Art Society, Abber Gallery and RI, but a lack of interest in
original mezzotints after World War II prompted Hirst's executors to
burn most of his studio collection. Some of what remained was exhibited
in Three Bushey Artists by the Bushey Museum Trust in 1991.
Landscape
mezzotint engravings on india laid, all trial proofs before letters and
titles, . . . £225
inc delivery
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