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Sir Muirhead BoneSir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) - 1927 Etching, Rev. Dr. Herbert Armitage James1927
1927
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A rare and highly accomplished drypoint etching by the Scottish etcher and war artist during both world wars, Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953), of Rev. Dr. Herbert Armitage James (1844-1931), the headmaster of Rugby School from 1895-1909. James left Rugby School in 1909 to become President of St John's College, Oxford, a position he held until his death twenty-two years later. Presented glazed in a clean white mount and a black Hogarth-style frame. Signed in plate to the lower-left corner and signed in graphite to the lower-right edge. On laid.
- Creator:Sir Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953, Scottish)
- Creation Year:1927
- Dimensions:Height: 8.47 in (21.5 cm)Width: 6.34 in (16.1 cm)
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- Condition:The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some mild foxing. There has been a repair to a split in the substrate at the plate line in the upper-right corner. There are some minor chips and dents to the frame.
- Gallery Location:Corsham, GB
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Sir Muirhead Bone
Muirhead Bone was born in Partick, a suburb of Glasgow in 1876. As a young man he was apprenticed to a firm of architects and in the evenings attended classes at the Glasgow School of Art. Aware his vocation was art, and not architecture, he devoted his time almost exclusively to drawing. He continually sketched the streets, buildings, and slums of Glasgow imbuing the urban decay with dignity and sentiment he so admired in the work of the Dutch artists whose townscapes he had studied in the Glasgow Corporation Art Galleries. Bone moved to London in 1901, holding his first exhibition at the Carfax Gallery in 1902. His success both critically and financially was rapid. His status as an etcher in the early years of the last century placed him among the world's most celebrated artists. It is not an exaggeration to say that his international reputation among collectors and the curators of the 'Great Print Rooms' of Europe and America was without parallel. He was appointed the first Official War Artist in World War I and was the doyen of War Artists in the Second World War. He was instrumental in the foundation of The Imperial War Museum, and became a Trustee of The Tate and The National Gallery. He was knighted for his services to art in 1937
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