Venice, the Lagoon - Original Signed Etching by W. H. Sweet - c. 1920
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Original etching of about 1920, hand-colored, with a view of Venice from the lagoon towards St. Mark's Square: moored boats, mooring posts and the campanile cut against the distance. Etched by Walter Henry Sweet after a work by John Shapland, and signed in pencil by both.
Original etching of about 1920, hand-colored, with a view of Venice from the lagoon towards St. Mark's Square: moored boats, mooring posts and the campanile cut against the distance. Etched by Walter Henry Sweet after a work by John Shapland, and signed in pencil by both.
Sweet studied at the Exeter School of Art, of which Shapland was principal, and etched a good part of the master's work. This impression is signed in pencil in the lower margin: John Shapland at the left and W. H. Sweet at the right.
Medium: Etching, hand-colored, signed in pencil.
Artist / after: John Shapland (1865-1929).
Etcher: Walter Henry Sweet (b. 1889).
Date: About 1920.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.3 x 7.1 in (13.5 x 18 cm).
Condition: Good; mounted in a card mat with ruled lines.
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Original etching of about 1920, hand-colored, with a view of Venice from the lagoon towards St. Mark's Square: moored boats, mooring posts and the campanile cut against the distance. Etched by Walter Henry Sweet after a work by John Shapland, and signed in pencil by both.