WILLIAM LEE-HANKEY R.E.
Chester 1869 – 1952 London
Already
established as a watercolour painter, Lee-Hankey
took up etching in 1904. He took an early
interest in colour prints, often printing
two editions from his plates, one in monochrome
and one in colour. Lee-Hankey was a founder
member of the Society of Graver-Printers in
Colour, 1909-10, and the Society’s
Secretary.
Some
years later, with Nelson Dawson, he organised
a School of Colour Printing in Hammersmith.
His
early prints are in aquatint, while his later
works are generally in drypoint.
For aquatint, rather than the more
usual resin ground, he experimented with ‘textile’ grounds,
impressing textured muslin or other material,
even heavily textured paper, into a soft ground.
Prints
such as “The First-Born”, from
early in his etching career, are scarce today.
The
First-Born
Hardie 17
323 x 252 mm
Original
colour etching and aquatint, 1905. On zinc
with a fine muslin ground.
Signed
in pencil and numbered 33 of the edition
of 55 in colour. (There were also 20 monochrome
impressions.)
Printed on wove paper.
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