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William
Walcot R.E., Hon.R.I.B.A.
(Odessa
1874 – 1943 Ditchling, Sussex)
The
Emperor Hadrian entering Salonica
The
Emperor Hadrian entering Salonica
E
H-L 69.
80 x 126 mm.
Etching with drypoint
and rockerwork, 1918.
Signed in pencil.
Published by H C Dickins. UK edition
of 75 + 75 for the US.
Printed with platetone on
laid paper.
Faintly time-stained. One pale fox mark
within the image.
£350
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Additional
Information about the Print
Exhibited at the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers
1918, with the title Hadrian visiting Thernia
(Salonica).
Also exhibited 1918 at the James Connell one-man show of Walcot.
Also
included in the Fine Art Society mixed 1923
show of etchings.
Hadrian (Emperor AD 117-138) a cultured and passionate
Hellenist journeyed several times through Greece
and round the Aegean coast in the years 121-125
and 128-132. Salonica was at the junction of two
important Roman roads and Hadrian probably visited
the city in 124 AD when he was promoting the semi-autonomous
Panhellenion parliament of all the former Greek
city states.
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