The House of the Abbot (aka The Abbot's House) by Ernest Stephen Lumsden

The House of the Abbot (aka The Abbots House) by Ernest Stephen Lumsden

The House of the Abbot (aka The Abbot's House)

Ernest Stephen Lumsden

Title

The House of the Abbot (aka The Abbot's House)

 
Artist
Year
1924  
Technique
etching and aquatint 
Image Size
9 7/8 x 12" platemark 
Signature
ink, lower center 
Edition Size
9 of 50  
Annotations
titled, and numbered 
Reference
Burnaby:1987.287.1 
Paper
cream laid with crown watermark 
State
ii/ii 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
8933 
Price
SOLD
Description
E.S.Lumsden was an outstanding technician at both etching and printing his plates. He passed much of his knowledge of these techniques on to the rest of the world through his highly influential book The Art of Etching, first published in 1925.