The brushmaker

Mortimer Menpes
Britain/Australia
1855 – 1938

The brushmaker
1880
drypoint, plate tone on paper
Place made
London or France
Medium
drypoint, plate tone on paper
Dimensions
25.2 x 20.3 cm (plate)
26.2 x 21.1 cm (sheet)
Credit line
G. and P. Packer Collection. Gift of H.E. Bowden and M.J.M. Carter AO through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2013
Accession number
20133PP19
Signature and date
Signed and dated, inscribed in plate printed l.r., "Menpes 1880".
Provenance
Artist; Elizabeth Armstrong (c.1880-1912); by descent to Stanhope Forbes Studio (1912-1947); purchased from Book Gallery in Penzance, Cornwall, UK by G&P Packer, Cornwall, UK (Dec 1994-2013).
Catalogue raisonne
MM X 24; GM 30
Media category
Print
Collection area
British prints

  • Mortimer Menpes: Impressions of Brittany

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 21 December 2018 – 17 June 2019