Chris Beetles Gallery

The Mersey

William Walcot (1874-1943)

Price

£1,250

Signed

Signed

Medium

Etching

Catalogue Raisonné No

103

Dimensions

4 ¾ x 13 inches

Literature

H C Dickins, manuscript, 'Chronological List of Etchings', 1920-1924, no 76;
Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, William Walcot Catalogue Raisonné, online, no 103

Exhibited

'Paintings, Water-Colours and Etchings by William Walcot', Fine Art Society, London, June 1924;
'William Walcot 1874-1943, Centenary Exhibition', Fine Art Society, London, 1974, no 103;
'William Walcot: Artist & Architect', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, October 2018, no 42

Published by H C Dickins in 1922 in an edition of 425 and priced at 40 Guineas for the set. 'The Arteries of Great Britain' was a set of five etchings celebrating the major river of Britain: The Thames, The Tyne, The Forth, The Clyde and The Mersey.
The etching shows the St George's landing stage, and the Albert Dock, Liver and Cunard buildings behind.

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