Lot 51
£378
Auction: 13 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Etching, 4/5, signed to plate, signed by the artist in pencil to margin, signed and numbered by Edgar Holloway (the printer) in pencil to margin, further inscribed with title in pencil to sheet lower edge, and a companion,
‘Latton Priory, Essex’ - 1936, etching, signed, inscribed with title and dated to margin by Edgar Holloway (the printer), further inscribed in pencil with title to sheet lower edge (2)
13cm x 10.5cm (5in x 4.25in); 18.25cm x 13.25cm (7.25in x 5.25in)
William Wilson (1905-72) and thence by descent to the present owner
William Wilson and Edgar Holloway (1914-2008) met in 1935. In 1936 the pair rented a cottage in Essex in 1936 where they set up a printing press. Both artists made etchings of Latton Priory in 1936.