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William
Walcot R.E., Hon.R.I.B.A.
(Odessa
1874 – 1943 Ditchling, Sussex)
Caesar
in Egypt
Caesar
in Egypt
E
H-L 139. 177 x 239 mm. Etching with drypoint
and aquatint, c.1926.
Signed in pencil. Probably published
by the Fine Art Society. Edition of 75. Numbered
and initialled by Walcot Ed.75 N° one. A
fine impression printed in brown-black ink, on cream Whatman watermarked
wove paper.
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Additional
Information about the Print
An
impression was included in Walcot’s ‘Impressions
of Egypt’ exhibition at the Fine Art Society
in 1928.
An
impression had already been exhibited in a mixed
show of ‘Modern Etchings’ at
the Beaux Arts Gallery in October 1926 and was
shown again, April/May 1929, at the Beaux Arts
in a group show ‘Original Engravings, Etchings & Drypoints
by younger Contemporary Gravers’.
Also
included in the 1927 Fine art Society mixed show
of etchings.
The temple of Horus at Edfou was again the inspiration
for this imaginary scene.
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