[The Annunciation.]
Walter W. Burgess R.E. [signed in pencil]. [n.d., c.1890.] Etching, very scarce 285 x 640mm (11¼ x 25¼"), with large margins. Mount burn. A depiction of the Annunciation in the Pre-Raphaelite manner. On the reverse of the frame were labels translating the latin text and stating that the work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Society of Painter-Etchers. William Walter Burgess (1844 - 1908) annually exhibited his etchings at the Royal Academy from 1874 to 1903. Burgess was a full member of the Royal Engravers and such major museums as The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, include his etchings in their permanent collections.
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