[An Angler.]
Alex. H. Kirk. [n.d., c.1920.] Etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾") very large margins An angler holding rod and catch bag, with mountainous scenery behind. Alexander Horace Kirk (1871-1950) was an RA Schools student 1893-96. During WWI he commanded motor launches, receiving the Legion of Honour (Chevalier) and Croix de Guerre. The National Portrait Gallery hold his portrait of explorer Sir John Kirk, a companion to Livingston on his Second Zambezi Expedition (NPG 1936); the National Army Museum holds his portrait of watercolour portrait of Subadar Ayodhya Pathan Bahadur, a veteran of the Indian Mutiny and the last survivor of the Powder Bag Party, Kashmir Gate, Delhi 1857.
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