Monday, 15 April 2024

S.G. Boxsius 'October' coming up at Exeter.

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Here is a colour linocut by S.G. Boxsius that has a lot to recommend it but leaves me feeling perplexed. It was first exhibited with the Gra...
Tuesday, 9 April 2024

Another side to Scarborough: the photographs of Nelson Dawson

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. An old interest in the work of Nelson Dawson has been given a new lease of life by a conversation with a reader (and some helpful back-up ...
Wednesday, 27 March 2024

The official guide to Agnes Reeve

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When Agnes Reeve decided on a series of colour woodcuts taking London monuments both old and new for its subject, it was obviously not an or...
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Friday, 22 March 2024

The ones that got away: Eli Marsden Wilson at Scarborough

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I was only told about the recent sale at Scarborough after it had taken place, but included was a mahogany artist's cabinet and contents...

The experimental Mr Batten: John Dixon Batten & British colour woodcut

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  John Dixon Batten's father, John Winterton Batten (above) had wanted him to be a lawyer and, like many of the young men of the time, i...
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Monday, 18 March 2024

Three drawings by Mabel Royds

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  I heard more today about what happened to the large collection of work by Mabel Royds that was left in her studio following her death in 1...

Further information about S.G. Boxsius 'Spring'

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           I had always believed that S.G. Boxsius never dated any of his prints but I found out today that I was wrong. A reader generously...