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![[A Young Maiden in the Woods with Fairies]](jpegs/62598.jpg)
[A Young Maiden in the Woods with Fairies]
John Shapland [in pencil]. WH Sweet [in pencil]
[n.d. c.1900]
Coloured etching signed by both artists, 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"), with very large margins.
A woodland scene; a woman wearing a stola observes naked fairies frolicking amongst the toadstools. John Shapland (1865-1929) was a painter from the Southwest of England. He mainly specialised in seascapes and landscapes largely in watercolour but occasionally in oil. He exhibited at the RA, Paris Salon, and in the USA. Two of his exhibits at the RA were entitled 'Fairy Led' and 'Paradise Lost'. He was the principle of the Exeter School of Art from 1899 to 1913. William (also known as Walter) Henry Sweet (1889-1943) was a British painted and etcher. He studied at the Exeter School of Art under the guidance of his friend John Shapland. He worked locally and exhibited work at the Devon and Exeter Annual Exhibition at Elands Art Gallery in the 1900s. After the First World War, he moved to Dundee, Scotland, and was employed by James Valentine and Sons as a commercial illustrator.
[Ref: 62598] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Shapland [in pencil]. WH Sweet [in pencil]
[n.d. c.1900]
Coloured etching signed by both artists, 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"), with very large margins.
A woodland scene; a woman wearing a stola observes naked fairies frolicking amongst the toadstools. John Shapland (1865-1929) was a painter from the Southwest of England. He mainly specialised in seascapes and landscapes largely in watercolour but occasionally in oil. He exhibited at the RA, Paris Salon, and in the USA. Two of his exhibits at the RA were entitled 'Fairy Led' and 'Paradise Lost'. He was the principle of the Exeter School of Art from 1899 to 1913. William (also known as Walter) Henry Sweet (1889-1943) was a British painted and etcher. He studied at the Exeter School of Art under the guidance of his friend John Shapland. He worked locally and exhibited work at the Devon and Exeter Annual Exhibition at Elands Art Gallery in the 1900s. After the First World War, he moved to Dundee, Scotland, and was employed by James Valentine and Sons as a commercial illustrator.
[Ref: 62598] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, Venice.]](jpegs/17820.jpg)
[Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, Venice.]
John Shapland. W.H. Sweet [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 241 x 273mm. 9½ x 10¾".
John Shapland (1865-1929) A painter of seascapes and landscapes mainly in watercolour but occasionally in oil. He exhibited at the RA, Paris Salon, and in the USA. He was the principle of the Exeter School of Art from 1899 to 1913. His compositions are loose' and his colouring is reminiscent of the continental style. He was for a time in business with the well known Devon artist Walter Henry Sweet who produced etchings of Shapland's subjects. A view from behind the Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878; who was King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia. In 1861 he assumed the title of King of Italy, to become the first king of a united Italy, and upon his death he was given the epithet 'Father of the Fatherland') looking towards Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, with the Tronchetto-Lido di Venezia to the left.
Guichard: pg.75, Appendix 1 'Minor Etchers'.
[Ref: 17820] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
John Shapland. W.H. Sweet [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 241 x 273mm. 9½ x 10¾".
John Shapland (1865-1929) A painter of seascapes and landscapes mainly in watercolour but occasionally in oil. He exhibited at the RA, Paris Salon, and in the USA. He was the principle of the Exeter School of Art from 1899 to 1913. His compositions are loose' and his colouring is reminiscent of the continental style. He was for a time in business with the well known Devon artist Walter Henry Sweet who produced etchings of Shapland's subjects. A view from behind the Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878; who was King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia. In 1861 he assumed the title of King of Italy, to become the first king of a united Italy, and upon his death he was given the epithet 'Father of the Fatherland') looking towards Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, with the Tronchetto-Lido di Venezia to the left.
Guichard: pg.75, Appendix 1 'Minor Etchers'.
[Ref: 17820] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)