Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E. 1857-1945.
Anchors at Walberswick. 1890. Etching. Hardie 261. 7 x 10 (sheet 10 3/4 x 14 7/8). This was an outdoor sketch from which very few impressions were take: only 8 are known. Printed with plate tone, on cream laid paper. Two small remnants of tape hinges in the margin, well outside the image. Collector's name, address and monogram verso: E.A. Scollin, M.D. Signed in pencil. $450.
As was the case with many of Short's outdoor sketches, the monogram is absent. A proof was exhibited at The Fine Art Society in 1927. Copies are in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert.
Walberswick is a village on the Suffolk coast in England, across the River Blyth from Southwold.
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