Joan Hassall, Mabel Royds, William Strang and others
Collection of prints, mainly wood-engravings
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Joan Hassall (1906-1988). Four bookplate designs, wood-engravings, signed in pencil, separately mounted, three for named owners (Henry & Sybil Birkbeck; A. P. Polack; Lawrence Scholar and H. A. J. Brotherton, dated 1934), one unnamed, Polack bookplate spotted, various dimensions;
Mabel Allington Royds (1874-1941). [Flowers], colour woodcut, signed in pencil, remnants of tape to upper corners, 17.5 x 17.5cm;
William Strang (1859-1921). Alfresco, etching, signed in pencil, mounted, spotted in margins, 16 x 25.5cm;
R. G. Sellar. ‘Barnacle Geese’ and ‘The Lagan at Edenderry’, 2 wood-engravings, both signed and titled by the artist in pencil, 25 x 18.5cm and 18.5 x 25cm;
Douglas Percy Bliss (1900-1984). [The voyeurs] and [Succour in the storm], 2 wood-engravings, both signed and addressed by the artist in pencil, on card mounts, second print spotted and with marginal chips, 11.5 x 8cm and 9 x 10.5cm;
John Nash (1893-1977). [Grazing horses], wood-engraving, signed in pencil, 16 x 11.5cm, remnants of tape to upper corners verso;
Charles Pulsford (1912-1989). [Artist sketching], possibly a self-portrait, pen-and-ink and pencil, signed ‘Pulsford’ lower right, mounted, 37 x 29cm, short closed tear in left hand edge
(1 folder)
Footnote
Provenance: William Wilson RSA (1905-1972), Scottish artist; thence by descent.