Contact

Supported by Arts Council England

Supported by Rother District Council

See our artworks on Art UK

Back to Artist

Sir Frank Job Short, RA, RI, PRE 1857-1945

Sir Frank Job Short, RA, RI, PRE - The Breaking Up Of The 'Great Eastern', 1890 - No.2

The Breaking Up Of The 'Great Eastern', 1890 - No.2

Etching (unfinished) (S.121, H.247)
H 20 x W 25.25 cms

Signed.

Catalogue No. Sho8

Unfinished etching of 3 or 4 proofs only. Artist exhibited a watercolour of this subject in the RA in 1890, which was accepted by the R.I. as his diploma work when he was elected in 1917. Beach foreground, at sea to left hulk is being dismantled with cranes and ladders, sailing vessels on horizon