Posted 9 years ago
Amulet50
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I purchased this picture from a thrift store in Niagara Falls, Canada.
I know nothing about the artist or even about artwork in general but I'm looking to learn.
I've attached a photo of the front and back.
The artist is Featherstone Robson. The title is Church Street Cromer.
It is noted on the bottom of the matt the artist name and name of piece.
The frame looks like plastic but it's wood.
If anyone can offer up any information on my picture would be appreciated.
Hi
Amulet50
It's look like what you have there is an ETCHING from this artist, you can say it's ETCHING when you see a small depression all around the picture, look carefuly around you see that line.
Now i found maybe the same you already found online not much on this artist , is fallow.
Featherstonehaugh Robson – also signed his work:
F. Robson, R. Featherstone and C. Manning
Born 1880 in Hexham, Northumberland – died 1936 in Toronto, Canada
Some exhibitions of his artworks included:
The Royal Academy – London
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters – London
The Art Gallery of Ontario – Toronto, Canada
The Laing Art Gallery – Newcastle
In the 1920?s he was commissioned to paint ‘popular scenes of the day’ such as Cathedrals of England, Coaching Inns, Seascapes and Pastoral scenes which were mass-produced as prints and sold by the major stores of Great Britain.
XVII -XVIII-ETCHING
In pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid.[1] The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle[2] where he or she wants a line to appear in the finished piece, so exposing the bare metal. The échoppe, a tool with a slanted oval section, is also used for "swelling" lines.[3] The plate is then dipped in a bath of acid, technically called the mordant (French for "biting") or etchant, or has acid washed over it.[4] The acid "bites" into the metal (it dissolves part of the metal) where it is exposed, leaving behind lines sunk into the plate. The remaining ground is then cleaned off the plate. The plate is inked all over, and then the ink wiped off the surface, leaving only the ink in the etched lines.
The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it).[5] The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print. The process can be repeated many times; typically several hundred impressions (copies) could be printed before the plate shows much sign of wear. The work on the plate can also be added to by repeating the whole process; this creates an etching which exists in more than one state.
Etching has often been combined with other intaglio techniques such as engraving (e.g. Rembrandt) or aquatint (e.g. Goya).
Because this etching is more end of XIX century, you can read more at this address.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etching
Regards
Alan
Great Alan! You taught an old dog new tricks. Great description of a process I've only known a little about & wondered about the rest. Thanks!
Hi
blunderbuss2
You not that old :D
I just try to help.......
Just wonder, what time is it where you are....
If i have not say yet,,,,Happy Holiday to you and all your family members.
When I got up this morning Alan, I sure felt "that old"! We are on Atlantic time which is EST +1 right now (We do not use DST). Happy Holidays from the "Wayward Islands".