Etchings, Mezzotints & Aquatints of Sir Frank Short on the 100th Anniversary
of the Private View of his works in London
- Invitation Card
- In a Cider Country
- The Head of Langston
- Derwentwater
- Old Mill on the Wandle
- Solway Fishers
- Knaresborough
- A Lane in Arundel
- In the Cotswolds
- Ehrenbreitstein, No. 1
- Ehrenbreitstein, No. 2
- A Pastoral
- Screel Hill
- The Snow Drift
- Hobb’s Hawth, No. 2
- The Lost Sailor
- Old Quai on the Nith
- Lucerne
- A Roman Canal
- A Roman Canal
- A Street in Monikendam
- The “Victory”
- “The Street,” Whitstable
- Cottage and Harvesters
- Portrait of Two Gentlemen
- ‘Twixt Dawn and Day
- Pan and Syrinx
- Moonrise on the Bure
- Stonehenge at Daybreak
- The Mooring Stone
- Shipping at the Entrance
- Per Horse-Power Per Hour
- Polperro from the Cliffs
- A Yorkshire Dell
- The Coast Road
- Mount St. Gothard
- A Dutch Greengrocerie
- A Woody Landscape
- Hawk’s Brow and Seaford Head
The Short Show being an exhibit of etchings, drypoints, soft-grounds, mezzotints, aquatints and one drawing by Sir Frank Short (1857-1945), the British print maker. This show is on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of a Private Viewing in London of his works, a proof impression of the etched invitation to which is the first item in our show. Short was a master of print-making techniques, consulted even by such as Whistler for his expertise. As such, a good half of his prints, almost entirely mezzotints or preliminary studies for mezzotints, are after designs by some of the great British painters and watercolorists. But Short was a true artist, not merely an interpreter, and his original compositions in every medium show the application of his enormous technical powers to the production of distinctly original art. Conservative in style, yes, but his works in their spontaneity completely redefine the mezzotint and the aquatint as media. We are proud to present this show of his works, including many rare proofs, and regret, if anything, only the low prices at which they are offered.