| Method | Etching |
| Artist | Richard Redgrave |
| Published | The Etching Club, 1847 |
| Dimensions | Image 1. 63 x 103 mm Image 2. 52 x 67 mm Plate 287 x 200 mm Sheet 398 x 280 mm |
| Notes |
Top image is signed in plate by artist. Bottom image shows pencil shading by Redgrave indicating alterations to plate. Both images on the same plate. Artist's working proof. From the illustrated publication of Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard (Grey's Elegy) including etchings by artists Thomas Creswick, Charles West Cope, Frederick Taylor, John Horsley, Henry Townsend and C. Stonhouse. Ex. Collection Redgrave Family Richard Redgrave (30 April 1804 - 14 December 1888) was well-known in his day as a painter, but is now remembered as the first principal of the Government School of Design, now the Royal College of Art. He was a founder-member of the Etching Club and was its secretey until 1845. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Royal Institute (previously the New Water-colour Society). |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £150.00 |
| Stock ID | 20987 |