Method | Etching |
Artist | Mabel Oliver Rae |
Published | c. 1920 |
Dimensions | Image and Plate 275 x 180 mm, Sheet 400 x 290 mm |
Notes |
Signed and titled in pencil. A rare larger scale etching by Mabel Oliver looking towards Canterbury Gate and Merton College tower beyond. Mabel Oliver was born in Cambridgeshire in (1868- 1956) and trained at the Slade School London in (1888-1890). She was an accomplished painter as well as a printmaker producing etchings known for her rural scenes and the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Oliver signed her etchings M. Oliver Rae this was believed to conceal her identity as a woman which may have reduced her dealings with agents whom she sold her etchings through particularly those images being sold within the two university towns Oxford and Cambridge. Condition: Good impression with full margins. |
Framing | mounted |
Price | £125.00 |
Stock ID | 49746 |