Sir Frank Short Art
British, 1857-1945
Sir Francis Job "Frank" Short PPRE (19 June 1857 - 22 April 1945) was a British printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint and pure aquatint while expanding the expressive power of line in drypoint etching and engraving. Short also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public and was President of the Royal Society of Painter Etcher & Engravers (now styled the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) from 1910 to 1938. Short was elected to the Royal Academy in 1911, the same year he was knighted, and served as the R.A.'s Treasurer from 1919-1932. He was also President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Head of the Engraving School of the Royal College of Art, where he taught from 1891-1924.to
5
3
9
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
5
8
3
2
1
3
2
9
4
8
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
10
9
6
1
1
13
10,138
2,779
1,375
1,370
13
Artist: Sir Frank Short
George's Dock, LIverpool.
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
1890. Etching. Hardie 245. 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 8 1/4 x 10 1/8). Two hinge stains in the top sheet edges; otherwise excellent condition. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
George's Dock was located on the River Mersey, England, within the Port of Liverpool. It was connected to Canning Dock to the south and George's Basin to the north. The dock, which opened in 1771, was designed and built by Henry Berry and expanded by John Foster, Sr.
In 1899 the dock and the adjoining George's Basin were filled in to create what is now the Pier Head...
Category
19th Century Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Etching
The Shadowed Valley.
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E. 1857-1945. The Shadowed Valley. 1927. Mezzotint. Hardie 128. 14 3/8 x 19 3/8 (sheet 19 x 24). A rich, glowing impression p...
Category
1920s Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
$2,750 Sale Price
38% Off
Love and Death.
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Love and Death (after George Frederic Watts, R.A., H.R.C.A. 1817 - 1904). 1900. Mezzotint. Hardie 71 between i and ii. 24 1/2 x 12 (sheet 27 1/4 x 13 3/ 8). Edition 350 in state one. London, Published May 1st 1900 by Robert Dunthorne ,5 Vigo Street, London W. Rubbing and discoloration from a previous mat in the margins, well outside the image. A rich proof printed on Japon paper. Signed in pencil by Watts and by Short. Housed in an archival folder
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Winged Love...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
$1,000 Sale Price
33% Off
J. M. W. Turner / Sir Frank Short mezzotint "Erhrenbreitstein to Coblenz, No. 2"
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: mezzotint. Catalogue reference: Hardie 95. Executed in 1913 by Sir Frank Short after J. M. W. Turner and signed in pencil by Sir Frank Short. Printed on chine-collé paper in ...
Category
1910s Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching
A Yorkshire Dell or The Heron’s Pool.
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
A Yorkshire Dell or The Heron’s Pool. (after J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) Soft-ground etching and mezzotint. Hardie 85. mezzotint over etching on India paper printed on chine-co...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Strand Gate, Winchelsea" signed original etching
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference: Hardie 367. Signed in pencil. Executed in 1910, this is a nice impression with plate tone printed on laid paper. Plate siz...
Category
1910s Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Etching
Timber Raft on the Rhine
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Timber Raft on the Rhine (after the watercolor by J.M.W. Turner in the National Gallery). 1898. Mezzotint. Hardie 66. 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 (sheet 10 5/16 x 13 1/2). Edition 100. A rich, ...
Category
1890s Romantic Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Twixt Dawn and Day
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Aquatint
$500 Sale Price
39% Off
Cottage and Harvesters
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Cottage and Harvesters (after a watercolor by Peter De Wint, 1784-1849). 1907. Mezzotint. Hardie 88. 6 5/8 x 10 11/16 (sheet 14 x 19 1/4). Edition 100. Housed in a 16 x 20 mat. A ver...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Water Mill
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Water Mill (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851). 1885. Mezzotint. Hardie 3.ii. With the publication line. 7 x 10 1/8 (sheet 12 1/4 x 16 5/8...
Category
1880s Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Scene in the Campagna
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Scene in the Campagna, also known as Woman at a Tank and Hindu Ablutions. (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) 1886. Hardie 4.ii. Mezzotint. 8 1/2 x 11 3/8 (sheet 1...
Category
1880s Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Knaresborough
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Knaresborough (after a watercolor by Peter De Wint, 1784-1849). c. 1904. Mezzotint. Hardie catalog 80 state ii. 7 7/16 x 11 3/8 (sheet 13 3/8 x 18). A very rich impression, printed o...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Rough Weather at Blatchington Pulling in the Fishing Nets on the English Coast
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Soquel, CA
Drypoint etching rawing of a coastal scene with figures drawing a net or boat form the sea by Sir Francis (Frank) Job Short (British, 1857 - 1945)
Sir Frank Short, Royal Academy*, was a printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint* and aquatint* engraving, and also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public.
Signed "Frank Short" lower right with monogram in the print "S within a shield"
Titled lower left "Rough Weather at Blatchington"
Lower left "Trial Proof"
Image, 8.5"H x 10.88"W
Mat, 16"H x 20"W x 0.13
Professionally cleaned and ph nuetral washed by our paper conservator. (new images posting)
Francis Job Short was born on 19 June 1857 in Britain, at Stourbridge, Worcestershire. He was educated to be a civil engineer.
He was engaged on various works in the Midlands until 1881, when he came to London as assistant to Mr Baldwin Latham in connection with the Parliamentary Inquiry into the pollution of the river Thames. In 1883 he was elected an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Having worked at the Stourbridge School of Art in his early years he joined the South Kensington School of Art*, in 1883. He also worked at the life class under Professor Fred...
Category
1870s Impressionist Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Gouache
Related Items
Hounds Gentlemen Please by Tom Carr - Engraving 26x31 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Ed: 63/75
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Engraving
$360 Sale Price
28% Off
H 10.24 in W 12.21 in D 0.08 in
Engraving of a British Fox Hunting Scene "The Pink Of Condition"
By George Wright
Located in Alamo, CA
The engraving "The Pink Of Condition" by George Wright was published in London in 1909. It depicts the beginning of a British fox hunting scene. The ...
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Engraving
$860 Sale Price
20% Off
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.88 in
Destinations (Flatiron Bidg, 5th Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Destinations", Frederick Mershimer creates an image of taxis rushing by the Fuller Building, better known as Flatiron Building. The building is only six feet wide at its rounded...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint
$2,500
H 11.57 in W 9.63 in
Cortland Street
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on antique handmade laid Japon paper, 12 7/8 x 7 1/2 (327 x 191 mm); sheet 15 5/16 x 10 7/16 (389 x 265 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil in the lower margin....
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
New York Skyline
By Louis H. Ruyl
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper with deckle edges, 4 3/8 x 12 3/4 inches (233 x 323 mm); sheet 9 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (240 x 338 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/75 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint
Cottage in the Countryside - Etching by Luigi Kasimir - 20th Century
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in Roma, IT
Cottage in the Countryside is a splendid print in etching technique colored engraved by Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962).
The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent.
Sheet Dimension: 25.5 x 19 cm
Image Dimensions: 15 x 15 cm
This artwork represents a Cottage in the Countryside, with beautiful colors.
Illegible original hand-signed, on the lower right.
Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962): He was an Austro-Hungarian-born etcher, painter, printmaker and landscape artist. Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch—usually in pastel. He then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate—all done by hand.
Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition for monuments, street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
Category
20th Century Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Etching
$585
H 10.04 in W 7.49 in D 0.04 in
Tugs on the Hudson
By Charles Frederick William Mielatz
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching with engraving printed in black ink on Japanese mulberry paper, 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (113 x 84 mm), full margins. In superb condition. A beautiful New York City river...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Salvador Dali, Le Cerf Malade Signed Etching Engraving, Color Lithograph Pochoir
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
An original signed drypoint etching with color pochoir by Spanish artist Salvador Dali titled "La Cerf Malade", depicting a stag deer, from the Portfolio: Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine...
Category
1970s Surrealist Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Color, Drypoint, Etching
$3,600
H 35.5 in W 27.75 in
Plymouth Street ( a twilight scene is set in the Brooklyn section of DUMBO)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
This view of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges is looking down "Plymouth Street" to the intersection of Jay Street. It is #35 in the catalogue raisonne by Retif & Salzer and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of City of New York...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint
Frederick MershimerPlymouth Street ( a twilight scene is set in the Brooklyn section of DUMBO), 1990
$2,000
H 8.69 in W 6.07 in
Antique Dog Lithograph Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France ca. 1870 Newfoundland
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait
Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux
Newfoundland
France, circa 1870
Lithography
25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inches
Six lithographs of dog portraits...
Category
1870s Romantic Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dandies-of-1817, from Monstrosities
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas McLean, 1818. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, (published August 1st, 1835), 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Delayed (Bus is late, the umbrella up and the long walk home thru rain begins)
By Art Werger
Located in New Orleans, LA
The bus is delayed and the night is cold and rainy as a lone woman raises her umbrella to brave the shadowy walk home after giving up on her ride She has just left the bus shelter a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Previously Available Items
Dawn
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Dawn. 1912. Aquatint. Hardie 160. 6 3/4 x 14 (sheet 9 1/2 x 17 7/8). Exhibited: Painter-Etchers, February 1925. A rich, tonal impression on white wove paper with full margins. Signed...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Aquatint
Orion over the Thames at Ranelagh
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Orion over the Thames at Ranelagh. 1914. Mezzotint. Hardie 124. mage 11 x 16 (sheet 13 1/2 x 18 3/4). A rich, atmospheric impression printed on white wove paper with wide margins. This is one of Short's finest original mezzotints. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 20 x 24-inch archival mat
Hardie writes, page 41: "A bend of the river, with massive trees on the right; a star-lit sky with the constellation Orion to the right; Putney Bridge and Church, with lights on the bridge and riverbank reflecting in the still water. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 20 x 24-inch archival mat.
Orion is clearly visible in the night sky from November to February. Orion is in the southwestern sky if you are in the Northern Hemisphere or the northwestern sky if you are in the Southern Hemisphere. It is best seen between latitudes 85 and minus 75 degrees. Its right ascension is 5 hours, and its declination is 5 degrees.
Alnilam, Mintaka and Alnitak, which form Orion’s belt, are the most prominent stars in the Orion constellation. Betelgeuse, the second brightest star in Orion, establishes the right shoulder of the hunter. Bellatrix serves as Orion's left shoulder.
The Orion Nebula...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
18k Gold
Sir Frank Short (1857-1945) - 1891 Etching, Hillside Town
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed in pencil and print in the plate. Presented in a mount, linen slip and gilt frame. After J.M. W. Turner RA. On wove.
Category
19th Century Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Etching
Hope
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Diana and Endymion (after the painting by George Frederic Watts, R.A., H.R.C.A. 1817 - 1904). 1891. Mezzotint. Hardie 60. 17 3/4 x 22 (sheet 21 3/4 x 25). Edition 300. A rich, tonal ...
Category
1890s Victorian Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
18k Gold
A Span of Old Battersea Bridge (an English landmark and a favorite of Whistler)
By Sir Frank Short
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is an original aquatint by Sir Frank Short and was not produced after the work of another artist. Hardie describes the scene, "Through an opening between the heavy timbers...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Mount Rigi at Dawn (The Alps in Central Switzerland. Boat and flock of birds)
By Sir Frank Short
Located in New Orleans, LA
A flock of birds and a small boat appear in the foreground of this dramatic landscape of Mount Rigi near Lake Lucerne. Considered by many to be Sir Frank Short...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
The Breaking-Up of the Great Eastern
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
The Breaking-Up of the Great Eastern, No. 2. 1890. Etching. Hardie 247. 7 7/8 x 10 (sheet 11 3/8 x 14 3/8). Only a few impressions were printed. A ri...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Etching
Sea Piece
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Sea Piece (after. J. M W. Turner). 1889. Aquatint. Hardie 142.
9 1/4 x 6 1/2 (sheet 14 1/8 x 10 1/2). As published in The Portfolio 18 (1889). Slightly toned; otherwise fine conditio...
Category
1890s Romantic Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Aquatint
Robert Burns
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Robert Burns (after the oil painting by Alexander Nasmyth, 1758-1840.) 1893. Mezzotint. Hardie 62. 14 1/16 x 10 7/8 (sheet 15 3/4 x 12 1/2). Edition 250 p...
Category
Late 19th Century Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Ben Arthur, Scotland
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Ben Arthur, Scotland. (after J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) 1888. Etching. Hardie 13.i/ii. Before the publication line. 7 1/8 x 10 3/8 (sheet 12 3/8 x 17). Printed in brown ink on ...
Category
1880s Impressionist Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Etching
Cottage and Harvesters
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
Cottage and Harvesters (after a watercolor by Peter De Wint, 1784-1849). 1907. Mezzotint. Hardie 88. 6 5/8 x 10 11/16 (sheet 14 x 19 1/4). Edition 100. A very rich impression, printe...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Mill Near the Grand Chartreuse -- Dauphiny (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
1886. Etching. Hardie 9. Image 7 3/8 x 10; plate 9 x 11 7/8; sheet 12 1/2 x 17 1/4. A fine, richly-inked proof printed on off-white wove paper. Signed in the plate. This is the preli...
Category
1880s Modern Sir Frank Short Art
Materials
Etching
Sir Frank Short art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Sir Frank Short art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Sir Frank Short in engraving, mezzotint, etching and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Sir Frank Short art, so small editions measuring 10 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A., Eric Gill, and Richard Beer. Sir Frank Short art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $2,750, while the average work can sell for $450.