Lot 2167
WILLIAM PAGE ATKINSON WELLS (1872-1923)
ETCHINGS: THE ARTIST'S WIFE; STREET IN APPLEDORE; THE SEAWEED CART; THE SMELT AT PORT ST. MARY; BOAT AT APPLEDORE; KENTRAUGH, ISLE OF MAN; COTTAGES
Eight etchings, printed in sepia ink, on wove, restrikes, framed as six
The largest 14.5 x 22.5cm; the smallest 11.5 x 8cm. (6 frames)
* Etching was a practice that Wells only ever pursued for `just playing around - fun` and these subjects were printed in 1972 by Professor Rees at the Bournemouth College of Art. Wells had been taught etching by Alphonse Legros at the Slade. It is thought that he only produced eleven plates and his etchings are heretofore unknown on the commercial market.
