Palmer, Samuel, 1805-1881 The Bellman, 1879, etching on antique laid paper, a fine 'Trio' impression, published in an edition of 60 impressions by the Cotswold Gallery in 1926, the Fine Art Society lettering of the 6th state removed, with the engraved triangle added to corner of lower left margin, and initialled in pencil by Frank Short Martin Hardie and F. L. Griggs, additionally initialled by Griggs to lower right corner, image size 167 x 236 mm (6.5 x 9.25 ins), plate size 190 x 251 mm (7.5 x 10 ins), sheet size 289 x 386 mm (11.4 x 15.25 ins), hinge-mounted Lister 11 vii/vii. Alexander 11 vii/vii. In 1924 F. L. Griggs contacted Samuel Palmer's son, A. H. Palmer, who supplied him with eight of his father's uncancelled plates for printing. In consultation with Frank Short Professor of Engraving at the Royal College of Art and Martin Hardie Keeper of Prints & Drawings at the Victoria & Albert Museum, he oversaw the printing of editions of 50 to 75 impressions from five of the plates. Each impression had an engraved triangle together with the Trio's (as A.H. Palmer called them) pencil initials in the lower margin. These were published by the Cotswold Gallery, London, to coincide with Hardie's groundbreaking exhibition Drawings, Etchings and Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and Other Disciples of Blake at the V & A in 1926. (Qty: 1)
Palmer, Samuel, 1805-1881 The Bellman, 1879, etching on antique laid paper, a fine 'Trio' impression, published in an edition of 60 impressions by the Cotswold Gallery in 1926, the Fine Art Society lettering of the 6th state removed, with the engraved triangle added to corner of lower left margin, and initialled in pencil by Frank Short Martin Hardie and F. L. Griggs, additionally initialled by Griggs to lower right corner, image size 167 x 236 mm (6.5 x 9.25 ins), plate size 190 x 251 mm (7.5 x 10 ins), sheet size 289 x 386 mm (11.4 x 15.25 ins), hinge-mounted Lister 11 vii/vii. Alexander 11 vii/vii. In 1924 F. L. Griggs contacted Samuel Palmer's son, A. H. Palmer, who supplied him with eight of his father's uncancelled plates for printing. In consultation with Frank Short Professor of Engraving at the Royal College of Art and Martin Hardie Keeper of Prints & Drawings at the Victoria & Albert Museum, he oversaw the printing of editions of 50 to 75 impressions from five of the plates. Each impression had an engraved triangle together with the Trio's (as A.H. Palmer called them) pencil initials in the lower margin. These were published by the Cotswold Gallery, London, to coincide with Hardie's groundbreaking exhibition Drawings, Etchings and Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and Other Disciples of Blake at the V & A in 1926. (Qty: 1)
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