Method | Etching |
Artist | Mabel Oliver Rae |
Published | c. 1920 |
Dimensions | Image and plate 113 x 80 mm, Sheet 197 x 127 mm |
Notes |
Signed and titled in pencil by artist and in the plate. A scarce etching of Jesus College quad by Mabel Oliver. Mabel Oliver was born in Cambridgeshire in (1868- 1956) and trained at the Slade School London in (1888-1890). She was an accomplished painter as well as a printmaker producing etchings known for her rural scenes and the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Oliver signed her etchings M. Oliver Rae this was believed to conceal her identity as a woman which may have reduced her dealings with agents whom she sold her etchings through particularly those images being sold within the two university towns Oxford and Cambridge. Condition: Good impression. |
Framing | unmounted |
Price | £75.00 |
Stock ID | 51924 |