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William Lionel Wyllie, R.A., R.I., R.E. 1851-1931.
London
Custom House (London). Etching. 9 7/8 x 14 7/8 (sheet 13 7/8 x 8 1/2). A fine impression printed on simili-Japan paper. Signed in pencil. $1,500.
The Pool of London. c. 1915. Etching. 7 7/8 x 15 7/8 (sheet 11 x 14 7/8 x 21 1/4). Printed on the full sheet of simili-Japan paper Signed in pencil. $1,500.
The Thames, London. 1924. Etching. 6 3/8 x 14 3/4 (framed 13 x 21 1/4). A fine impression printed on cream paper. Housed in a black wood frame. Signed in pencil. $1,250.
The Thames and the Tower of London. 1924. Etching. 6 3/8 x 14 3/4 (framed 13 x 21 1/4). A fine impression printed on cream paper. Housed in a black wood frame. Signed in pencil. $1,250.
Tower Bridge,from the East (Norwood's Pier). 1895. Etching and drypoint. 10 x 14 (sheet 13 1/2 x 18 1/8). A rich, tonal impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $1,950.
The North of England and Scotland
Fishing Boats. c. 1928. Etching, drypoint and aquatint. 9 x 6 7/8 (sheet 13 5/8 x 11 1/4). A rich impression with plate tone and drypoint burr printed on cream wove paper. Signed and annotated 'trial proof' in pencil. $575.
Fishing Boats off Ryde. 1927. Etching and drypoint. 6 3/4 x 14 7/8 ( 11 3/8 x 17 7/8). A rich impression with drypoint burr printed on cream laid paper with full margins. Signed and titled in pencil. $975.
Herring Fishers, Fisherrow. c. 1928. Etching and drypoint. 8 x 16 ( 14 1/8 x 19 3/4). A rich impression with plate tone printed on 'JWhatman 1928' cream paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $975.
Slipping the Tow Ropes. c. 1928. Etching and drypoint. 8 5/8 x 14 7/8 (12 3/8 x 17 5/8). A rich impression with subtle tonal wiping printed on 'ENGLAND' cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $1,150.
Trawler Fleet. c. 1928. Etching and drypoint. 3 1/2 x 4 (sheet 9 x 18 1/8). A rich impression with plate tone and drypoint burr printed on cream laid paper. Signed and annotated 'to R Dunthorne' (the well-known print publisher) in pencil. $975.
Whitby from the North-West. c. 1928. Etching and drypoint. 4 1/4 x 12 3/4 (sheet 9 3/8 x 17 ). Printed with subtle plate tone on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. $1,150.
Yorkshire Cobles. c. 1928. Etching and drypoint. 4 3/8 x 12 7/8 (sheet 7 5/8 x 17 1/4). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and annotated 'to R Dunthorne' (the well-known print publisher) in pencil. $975.
France
La Lieutenance, Honfleur. c. 1915. Etching. 8 3/4 x 13 3/4 (sheet 11 x 17 1/2). Printed on the full sheet of 'J Whatman' countermarked cream laid paper with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $950.
Mediterannean Series.
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Mediterranean Series. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.
Gibraltar, Showing the Rock and the Warships Coming Out. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.
Villefranche. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.
Naples, Entrance to the Harbour. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.
Mount Vesuvius, from the Sea. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.
Malta, Valetta. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.
The Pyramids from the Nile, showing Native River Craft and Nile Passenger Boats. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.
W.L.Wyllie was an artist in oil, watercolour, etching and aquatint of marine and tidal Thames subjects. Born in London, he studied art at the Heatherleys in 1865, and at the Royal Academy Schools between 1866-69, winning the Turner Medal 1869. Wyllie took up etching in 1883 when Robert Dunthorn commissioned an etching of Wyllie's painting 'Toil, Glitter, Grime and Wealth on a flowing Tide', which celebrated the industrial Thames, and had had great success at the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, being bought by the Chantrey Bequest. He lived in Portsmouth for many years from 1907 and died in London on 6th April 1931. Acknowledged as one of the leading marine artists at the turn of the century. Marine painter to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde. Work in the National Maritime Museum.
A critic in 1889 wrote in the Magazine of Art "Mr Wyllie...depicts the Thames as it is, with all its grime and much of its wonder, all its business and something of its pathos...prosperity, and its enormous testimonies to the dark romance of these coal-and-iron times". In the fol
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