Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E. 1857-1945.

The The Night Picket Boat at Hammersmith. 1916. Mezzotint. Hardie 125. 11 7/8 x 17 13/16 (sheet 9 1/8 x 11 3/4). Printed on white wove paper with wide margins. A rich, atmospheric impression. A rare impression touched with white watercolour in the moon, the reflections in the water and the lights. Signed in pencil. $2,250.

Short wrote, "I often saw this effect when doing volunteer Polifce work at aHammersmight during the War." Hardie wrote, "On a moonlight night the picket boat, with a single lamp, seen from Hammersmith Bridge, is moving up stream, leaving a bright wake' barges on the left' Harrod's Depository on the right." page 41.

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