The old cobbler

Mortimer Menpes
Britain/Australia
1855 – 1938

The old cobbler
1882
etching, drypoint, plate tone on paper
Place made
France or London
Medium
etching, drypoint, plate tone on paper
Dimensions
14.9 x 9.1 cm (plate)
18.0 x 12.5 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
20133PP39
Signature and date
Signed and dated, inscribed in plate, printed l.r., "M.L.Menpes 1882".
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.49; GM 50
Media category
Print
Collection area
British prints
Image credit
Photo: Stewart Adams

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