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Aldenham School [in pencil to right.]
Etched by Wallace Hester [in pencil to left.]
[n.d. c.1930s.]
Etching with watermark in top left-hand corner of paper. Plate 203 x 266mm. 8 x 10½". Soiling along left-hand edge.
Aldenham School, an independent school in Hertfordshire, with crest and motto below image. The School was founded in 1597 by Richard Platt, a proprietor of a London brewery and Master of the Brewer's Company in 1576 and 1581. In 1596 Queen Elizabeth I granted him letters patent to build "the Free Grammar School and Almshouses" at Aldenham; the foundation stone was laid in 1597.
[Ref: 22568] £70.00
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Bradfield College [in pencil to the right.] [Plate 2]
Etched by Wallace Hester [in pencil to the left.] WH.
[n.d. c.1930s.]
Etching, mint. Platemark: 200 x 265mm (8 x 10¼"), very large margins.
A view of part of Bradfield College, the independent school in Bradfield, Berkshire with the school's motto and crest in the centre below the image. The college was founded in 1850 by Thomas Stevens, Rector and Lord of the Manor of Bradfield.
[Ref: 40023] £70.00
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Bradfield College [in pencil to the right.] [Plate 1]
Etched by Wallace Hester [in pencil to the left.]
[n.d. c.1930s.]
Etching. Platemark: 200 x 265mm (8 x 10¼"), with very large margins.
A view of part of Bradfield College, the independent school in Bradfield, Berkshire. The college was founded in 1850 by Thomas Stevens, Rector and Lord of the Manor of Bradfield.
[Ref: 40022] £70.00
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The Hall Charterhouse [in pencil lower right.]
Wallace Hester [signed in pencil lower left.]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching, signed artist's proof from a limited edition numbered '74' in ink centre of blindstamp lower left. 200 x 265mm. 8 x 10½". Unexamined out of frame.
A view at Charterhouse school near Godalming, Surrey. In 1611 the founder Thomas Sutton, one of the wealthiest men in Jacobean England, made provision for the establishment of a hospital for pensioners and a school for boys. Buildings near Smithfield in London which had once housed a Carthusian monastery, established in the fourteenth century, were purchased, and Sutton was buried in the chapel. The School arrived in Godalming in June 1872. By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913. Remarque of school crest below image.
[Ref: 10399] £90.00
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Charterhouse [in pencil lower right.]
Wallace Hester [signed in pencil lower left.]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching, signed artist's proof from a limited edition numbered '76' in ink centre of blindstamp lower left. 200 x 260mm. 8 x 10¼". Unexamined out of frame.
A view at Charterhouse school near Godalming, Surrey. In 1611 the founder Thomas Sutton, one of the wealthiest men in Jacobean England, made provision for the establishment of a hospital for pensioners and a school for boys. Buildings near Smithfield in London which had once housed a Carthusian monastery, established in the fourteenth century, were purchased, and Sutton was buried in the chapel. The School arrived in Godalming in June 1872. By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913. Remarque of school crest below image.
[Ref: 10402] £90.00
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[Old College Chapel Dulwich ] [in pencil to the right.]
Wallace Hester. [signed in pencil to left.]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching with pencil signature and large margins. Plate: 252 x 170mm (10 x 6¾").
A view of Christ's Chapel, consecrated in 1616 by George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, as part of the Dulwich College foundation.
[Ref: 34486] £80.00
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Dulwich Chapel [in pencil to the right.]
Wallace Hester 3rd Proof. [signed in pencil to left.]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching with pencil signature. Plate 177 x 252mm (7 x 10").
A view of Christ's Chapel, consecrated in 1616 by George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, as part of the Dulwich College foundation.
[Ref: 30669] £75.00
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Dulwich College [in pencil to right.]
Wallace Hester [signed in pencil to left.]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching with pencil signature, large margins. Plate 171 x 253mm (6¾ x 10").
A view of Dulwich College, the independent school for boys in London. The school was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor
[Ref: 30931] £110.00
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Dulwich College [in pencil to right].
Wallace Hester [signed in pencil].
[n.d., c.1930].
Drypoint etching with large margins. Plate: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Slight spot on left.
View of the entrance to Dulwich College, the main building, or New College, can be seen beyond the gate. The school was re-established on Dulwich Common in the 1870s and the New College building was designed by Charles Barry Junior in a style he called 'North Italian of the Thirteenth Century'.
[Ref: 34097] £130.00
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Dulwich College. [in pencil on right].
Wallace Hester. [in pencil on left].
[n.d., c.1930]
Etching with very large margins. Plate: 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7").
View of the main school buildings of Dulwich College, designed by Sir Charles Barry, from the playing fields.
[Ref: 34487] £120.00
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Cloisters, Eton [pencil]
W.H. Wallace Hester [pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching, blind stamped 'Artist's Proof', inked '24'. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Very large margins.
By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913.
[Ref: 38922] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
Eton [pencil]
W.H. Wallace Hester [pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching, blind stamped 'Artist's Proof', faded ink '26'. 175 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Very large margins.
By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913.
[Ref: 38924] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
"Surgical Diagnosis." Sir Alfred Pearce Gould. "Vanity Fair" Supplement. Men Of The Day, No. 1298.
WH. [Wallace Hester]. The Grout Engraving Compy., London.
[27th Sept. 1911]
Chromolithograph, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of surgeon, Sir Alfred Pearce Gould (1852-1922). His book ‘Elements of Surgical Diagnosis’ was first published in 1884 and went through ten editions.
[Ref: 63691] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Harrow.
Wallace Hester signed in Pencil.
[Ed J Burrow & Co. Ltd. Cheltenham & London Fine Art Publishers]
Etching 255 x 170mm 10 x 6¾ inches.
[Ref: 19653] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Library Harrow.
Wallace Hester signed in Pencil.
[Ed J Burrow & Co. Ltd. Cheltenham & London Fine Art Publishers.]
Etching 255 x 170mm 10 x 6¾ inches.
[Ref: 19655] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Highgate School [pencil].
Wallace Hester [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching with 'Artist's Proof' blindstamp number 17 in ink. 260 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Narrow margins, paper toned.
The Chapel of Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate (Highgate School), established by Royal charter in 1565.
[Ref: 55300] £95.00
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Highgate School [pencil, lower right.]
W.H. Wallace Hester [pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching, 195 x 265mm (7¾ x 10½").
View of the Science Block of Highgate School from Bishopswood Road. Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate (Highgate School) is an independent school in Highgate, London. The school was established in 1565 by a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I giving permission for Sir Roger Cholmeley to erect a free grammar school for boys. By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913. Collection of Maj. J. B. Talbot, M.C.
[Ref: 13404] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Highgate School [pencil]
W.H. Wallace Hester [pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching, blind stamped 'Remarque Proof'. 195 x 265mm (7¾ x 10½"). Very large margins.
View of the Science Block of Highgate School from Bishopswood Road. Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate (Highgate School) is an independent school in Highgate, London. The school was established in 1565 by a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I giving permission for Sir Roger Cholmeley to erect a free grammar school for boys. By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913.
[Ref: 38921] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Old Toll Gate Kensington [pencil, lower right.]
Wallace Hester [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching, 175 x 250mm, 7 x 9¾".
Kensington toll gate as it would have appeared c.1857-64; Nos. 1-8 Hyde Park Gate in background. The viewpoint is in Kensington Road where Palace Gate now joins it on the right. From a photograph. By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913.
[Ref: 13895] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Marlborough [pencil]
W.H. Wallace Hester [pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching, blind stamped 'Artist's Proof', inked '17'. 195 x 260mm (7¾ x 10¼"). Very large margins.
By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913.
[Ref: 38923] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
St George's School - Harpenden [pencil to right.]
Etched by Wallace Hester.
[Scratched into plate:] W.H.29.
Etching, pencil signature. Paper watermarked, stamped remarque proof. Plate 203 x 266mm. 8 x 10½". Later impression.
St George's VA School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire. The school was founded in 1907 by Reverend Cecil Grant as a private school, and is now funded by the Hertfordshire County Council's Education Department and the Cecil Grant Founder's Trust, a charity set up after Grant's death in 1946.
[Ref: 22566] £70.00
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Tonbridge School [in pencil lower right.]
Wallace Hester [signed in pencil lower left]. ['WH' monogram scratched in plate lower right.]
Etching. Signed artist's and stamped Remarque Proof. Plate 202 x 260mm. 8 x 10¼".
Tonbridge School, Kent was founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judd and has close links with the Worshipful Company of Skinners and is a public school in the specialised British sense of the term. By Wallace Hester, etcher and illustrator responsible for 12 cartoons for Vanity Fair, 1910, 1911, 1913. Remarque of school crest below image
[Ref: 19254] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Uppingham [pencil].
Etched by Wallace Hester [pencil]
[n.d., c.1912.]
Etching. 210 x 275mm (9¼ x 10¾").
A view of Uppingham School in Uppingham, Rutland. Founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson (1540 – 1625). By Wallace Hester (1866-1942), artist and engraver who contributed caricatures to "Vanity Fair."
[Ref: 63017] £95.00
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His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G. [&] M.r Laurence Irving.
WH. [Wallace Hester]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Dec.r 6, 1894.
Chromolithograph, sheet 420 x 560mm (16½ x 22"). Vertical fold as issued.
Rare lightly caricatured double portrait of British nobleman and landowner, Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington, JP (1876 –1941) styled as Marquess of Douro from 1900 to 1934, and English dramatist and actor, Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving (1871 –1914).
[Ref: 63827] £130.00
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Watford Grammar School [in pencil to the right.]
Etched by Wallace Hester [in pencil to the left.]
[Etched in plate to the left:] WH. 13.
Etching with 'Remarque Proof' stamp. Plate 203 x 261mm. 8 x 10¼". Later impression.
The front of Watford Grammar School for Boys, in Watford, Hertfordshire. The school descends from a Free School founded as a charity school for boys and girls by Elizabeth Fuller in 1704.
[Ref: 22574] £70.00
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