![[Carpenter's family, writing sheet?]](jpegs/44093.jpg)
[Carpenter's family, writing sheet?]
H.H. 8M. Hubert v. Herkomer [pencil signature.]
[London, c.1885.]
Etching, proof; watermark Herkomer. 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾").
A couple carrying a baby, the handle of a saw protruding from the man's pack. The blank area botom right would be for either overprinting or a hand written note. By Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914), painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and etcher of portraits, landscapes, genre subjects. In 1869 he began working as an artist for a newly-founded newspaper 'The Graphic'. Herkomer was also a pioneering film maker: he established a studio at Lululaund (his Romanesque revival style house and studio in Melbourne Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire) and directed a number of historical costume dramas, designed to be shown accompanied by his own music.
[Ref: 44093] £95.00
[London, c.1885.]
Etching, proof; watermark Herkomer. 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾").
A couple carrying a baby, the handle of a saw protruding from the man's pack. The blank area botom right would be for either overprinting or a hand written note. By Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914), painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and etcher of portraits, landscapes, genre subjects. In 1869 he began working as an artist for a newly-founded newspaper 'The Graphic'. Herkomer was also a pioneering film maker: he established a studio at Lululaund (his Romanesque revival style house and studio in Melbourne Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire) and directed a number of historical costume dramas, designed to be shown accompanied by his own music.
[Ref: 44093] £95.00