William Walcot, R.E. 1874-1943.
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London Images.
Charing Cross -- The Statue of Charles I. 1919. Etching with aquatint and drypoint. 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 9 1/8 x 11 3/8). A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $750.
Chelsea Old Church. 1924. Etching, drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 94. 5 3/8 x 8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 9 3/4). Edition 100 for The Print Collector's Club. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and dedicated "W.R. Button from W. Walcot London 1930" in pencil. $650.
Loading Barges on the Thames. 1922. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 72. 4 5/8 x 13 1/8 (sheet 7 x 13 1/8).Series: The Arteries of Great Britain. Edition 425. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on J. Whatman wove paper. Signed in pencil. $650.
Ludgate Hill. 1921. Etching, aquatint and drypoint. Dickins 69. 5 5/8 x 5 1/8 (sheet 13 5/8 x 9 3/4). A fine proof with plate tone, printed on 'J Wha[tman] cream wove paper. Edition of 275 for the UK and 125 for the US. Signed in pencil. $675.
Marsham Street, Westminster. 1936. Etching and aquatint. Subsequent to Dickins. 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 10 3/4 x 14 9/16). Commissioned by Sir Valentine Crittall for Christmas. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $975.
The National Gallery & St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. Etching and drypoint. Subsequent to Dickins. 4 1/16 x 6 3/48 (sheet 8 3/4 x 10 1/4). A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on 'J Whatman' cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $650.
Piccadilly Circus. Rebuilding Swann and Edgar's. c. 1926. Etching, drypoint and aquatint. 5 3/16 x 8 (sheet 8 x 10 1/2). Inscribed and lettered impression. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and dedicated "To my friend Capt. Coventon W. Walcot, XMas 1935" in pencil. $650.
Regent Street - the Quadrant. 1917. Etching, drypoint and aquatint. 3 7/8 x 4 15/16 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 2/8).Edition 126. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on 'F.J.Head & Co' cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $650.
The Thames - Pool of London. c. 1920. Etching and drypoint. 5 7/8 x 11 7/8 (sheet 10 1/4x 16). Edition about 100. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $725.
Portland Place. c.1925. Etching and drypoint. Dickins 194. 6 x 9 3/8 (sheet 8 7/8 x 13). A fine proof with plate tone, printed on cream wove paper. The RIBA, Architectural Association headquarters is in the backgroung). Signed in pencil. $600.
The Quadrangle, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. 1938. Etching, drypoint and aquatint. 6 x 9 7/8 (sheet 7 3/4 x 12). Commissioned by Sir Valentine Crittall for Christmas, 1938. A fine impression with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $700.
The Thames from Waterloo Bridge. 1913. Etching. Dickins 12. 3 3/4 x 7 1/16 (sheet 7 x 10 15/16). Edition 100. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $600.
Whitehall -- with the Cenotaph. 1924 Etching with aquatint and drypoint. Dickins 88. 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 9 3/8 x 12 1/2). A fine proof printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $600.
Northern Britain
The Clyde. 1922. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 75. 3 7/8 x 10 1/2 (sheet 5 5/8 x 11 7/8). Series: The Arteries of Great Britain. Edition 425. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on J. Whatman wove paper. Signed in pencil. $600.
The Forth Bridge, Firth of Forth. c. 1920. Drypoint. Dickins 50. 5 5/8 x 8 1/16 (sheet 7 1/2 x 12 5/8). A rare, early trial proof, before additional drypoint work on the bridge arches, warships and buildings, and before the barrage balloons in the sky were added. Proof before the edition of 100 published by H.C.Dickins. Printed on cream laid paper. Initialed by the artist in pencil; annotated 'Not for sale' in another hand. $750.
The Tyne. 1922. Etching and drypoint. Dickins 73. 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 1/2). Series: The Arteries of Great Britain. Edition 425. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $550.
York Minster -- the West Front. 1923. Drypoint. Dickins 78. 5 7/16 x 7 3/8 (sheet 9 5/8 x 12 3/4). Edition 275. A fine proof printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $500.
Venice
The Library of St. Mark's, Venice. 1920. Etching, aquatint and drypoint. Dickins 67. 4 3/4 x 7 (sheet 8 1/2 x 12 3/8). Venice set, #3. A rich impression printed on 'J Freen & Sons' wove paper. Signed in pencil. $650.
Historical and Eastern Images
Anthony in Egypt (No, 1) (A Visit to Cleopatra). 1913. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 17. 23 3/4 x 18 1/4 (sheet 29 x 25). Edition 50. Printed on cream wove paper laid onto a supporting board. A rich impression of thei rare image. Signed in pencil. $1,750.
Constantinople. Etching with aquatint and drypoint. Harvey-Lee 180. 5 3/4 x 13 11/16 (sheet 10 3/4 x 17 3/4). Printed on 'J Whatman' cream wove paper. Signed and numbered in pencil. $950.
The Pageant of Ludlow: The British Chief Caractacus, a Prisoner Before the Roman General Osterius in 50 AD. 1934. Etching, aquatint and drypoint. 7 3/4 x 9 1/4 (sheet 14 3/8 x 14 3/8). Printed in brown ink on white wove paper. Unobtrusive foxing. Signed in pencil. $500.
The Temple of Baal. 1918. Etching, aquatint and drypoint. Dickins 72. 8 5/8 x 13 1/8 (sheet 11 x 17 1/2). A rich impression printed on warm white J. Whatman wove paper. Signed in pencil. $750
Other Walcots are available:
York Minster - The West Front.
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