[Greenwich Hospital from the Thames.]
D Law [18]85 [etched in image lower left.]
Large drypoint etching, signed proof before all letters, 365 x 465mm. 14¼ x 18¼". A very fine impression with full margins, mint. Artist's signature in lower right.
An impressive view of steam and sailing boats on the River Thames in front of Greenwich Hospital, designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712. The hospital closed in 1869. Between 1873 and 1998 it was the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. David Law (1831 - 1901), etcher and landscape painter, born in Edinburgh; moved to London in 1850s, one of the founders of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers, Engravers in 1881. Died in Sussex.
[Ref: 13191] £330.00
Large drypoint etching, signed proof before all letters, 365 x 465mm. 14¼ x 18¼". A very fine impression with full margins, mint. Artist's signature in lower right.
An impressive view of steam and sailing boats on the River Thames in front of Greenwich Hospital, designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712. The hospital closed in 1869. Between 1873 and 1998 it was the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. David Law (1831 - 1901), etcher and landscape painter, born in Edinburgh; moved to London in 1850s, one of the founders of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers, Engravers in 1881. Died in Sussex.
[Ref: 13191] £330.00