Elizabeth Adela STANHOPE-FORBES (1859-1912) Across The Sand ...

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£320

Elizabeth Adela STANHOPE-FORBES (1859-1912) Across The Sand Dunes Etching Plate size: 17 x 11cm Newlyn Orion Gallery label to verso

This very rare dry-point etching has not been examined out of the frame. We are not aware of there being any signed numbered etchings by E Forbes but some are signed in the plate. Indeed there is a version of this etching that has her monogram. This etching was sold through the Newlyn Orion Gallery in 1981 when the respected expert John Halkes was its director. We do not know where the title "Across the Sand Dunes" comes from, perhaps it is inscribed. The etching has overall foxing