Mabel Oliver Rae

King's College Cambridge from the Meadow etching c. 1920 Mabel Oliver Rae Backs

c. 1920

To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Mabel Oliver Rae (1868 - 1956) The Bridge of Sighs, St John's College, Cambridge (circa 1920) Etching 13 x 18 cm Hand-signed in pencil lower left, and titled in pencil lower right. Initialled 'MR' in plate lower left. The Bridge of Sighs is an iconic feature of St John’s College, and one of the most recognisable pieces of architecture in Cambridge. It was built in 1831 by the architect Henry Hutchinson and crosses the River Cam between the college's Third Court and New Court. It is the only covered bridge to cross the River Cam, and the only College bridge built in the Victorian Gothic style. Mabel Oliver Rae was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1888 and 1890. Rae is known for her skilled etchings of various rural scenes and townscapes, particularly those of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. She signed works...

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The pretty boats is an artwork realized  by Giovanni Omiccioli (February 25, 1901 – March 1, 1975). Etching on cardboard. The artist wants to define a well-balanced composition, th...

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Alington in Wiltshire (The First Swallow). 1927. Etching. Garton 2.iv. 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 (sheet 10 1/2 x 13 1/2). Final state published by in an editon of 12 by Garton & Cooke in 1982 (Nicolson published an edition of 40 in 1927). In states iii and iv, the swallow of the title was removed. In state iv, the sky was re-etched and the cross-hatching was slightly finer. Signed in pencil. Garton writes, page 11: "The design was based on the Anglican chapel-of-ease is the farmyard of Bulisge at Allinston near Chippenham....The print was originally entitled The First Swallow, but the swallow was burnished out before the 1927 edition....Fifty years later new work was effected in the worn-out areas of the sky and distance to produce prints which, in his opinion, were better than those of the original edition." Robin Tanner was an English artist, etcher, and printmaker. He followed the visionary tradition of Samuel Palmer and English neo-romanticism. His etchings began following night-school classes at Goldsmiths College, London. He had been inspired by the major Samuel Palmer retrospective exhibition organized by Martin Hardie...

Twixt Day and Dawn. 1919. Aquatint. Hardie catalog 165 state ii. Image 9 7/8 x 11 1/2 (sheet 13 9/16 x 16 7/8). A masterly inked impression produces subtle lighting variations throu...

Demolition No. 1. 1940. Drypoint. Kraeft 80. 4 7/8 x 8 7/8(sheet 12 x 13 7/8). Edition 100. Provenance: estate of David Llewellyn Reese, New York. A rich impression with tonal wiping...