Art

Signed in pencil lower right by Coburn. An image of this gravure appears in Coburn's book London published in 1909. Boston-born Coburn based himself in London from around 1906, learning how to make photogravures at the London County Council School of Photo-engraving, and establishing a studio with two copperplate printing presses at the home he shared with his mother in Hammersmith. In the period 1909-14 he etched and steel-faced eighty-three plates, and oversaw the printing of some 40,000 hand-pulled gravures. Photogravure on thin wove paper mounted to a heavier wove support. Image size 20.1 x 16.2 cm. Plate size: 21.8 x 17 cm. Sheet size: 25.3 x 19 cm. Light foxing to wove support otherwise in excellent condition, mounted and presented in a dark stained oak frame with conservation acrylic glazing.