1st State. 1st T.P. Frank Gillett [pencil inscription].
[n.d., c.1925.]
Drypoint, 1st trial proof, signed in pencil. 225 x 175mm. Creased.
Untitled image of a traveller with a valise. Edward Frank Gillett (1874-1927), illustrator for the 'Daily Graphic' 1898-1908. He also worked as a book illustrator, for example for Henty's 'Lion of the North', 1900. Gillett created fewer than fifty drypoints during his career, the majority untitled. Both the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum have comprehensive collections.
Guichard p.39.
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