Original Etching by William Strang, Signed (3 results)

Condition: Near Fine. William Strang (illustrator). An original etching by William Strang (1859-1921) on cream laid paper. Image size (6.0" x 8.0"). Printed and inscribed by the artist's son, David Strang, "2nd State 3 proofs D.S, also signed lower right, W.M Strang fec D.S.". Old mount stain in margin, beneath the present conservation board mount, otherwise excellent.

First Edition. Original dry-point ecthing on laid paper; sheet size 13-1/4" x 14", printed area 10-3/4" x 11-3/4". Signed in plate, lower left; additionally dated, inscribed and signed in pencil, lower right: "To Lady Dilke from Wm Strang / 24 May 1900." Captioned "First State" in author's hand, lower left; titled at bottom margin of sheet. Image area slightly age-darkened; a few shallow chips and tears into margins (well away from image); Very Good or better. Edition size not noted. Strang (1857-1921) worked in many mediums and genres, but was known for his documentary studies of the poor and working-class inhabitants of Great Britain. This sympathetic portrait of six street-hawkers on an urban street-corner could have been made in pretty much any British city of the period. Strang has inscribed the work to Lady [Emilia] Dilke, a prominent scholar, suffragist, and trades unionist. She was also a close friend of novelist Mary Ann Evans (aka George Eliot), who reputedly drew inspiration from Lady Dilke's first marriage in her portrayal of the marriage of Edward Casaubon and Dorothea Brooke in Middlemarch. The edition for this etching must have been quite small, as we can trace no record at auction aside from this example, purchased from a London auction house in 2019. Signed.

Condition: Gut. (William Strang, geb. 13.02.1859 in Dumbarton, Schottland, gest. 12.04.1921 in Bournemouth, England, schottischer Maler, Grafiker und Buchillustrator. Mitglied der Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers und der Royal Academy in London). Original-Radierung von William Strang, unterhalb der Abbildung mit Bleistift signiert, links im Druck signiert. Hinter Passepartout/Glas im silbermetallischen Holzrahmen professionell gerahmt, Rahmen rückseitig mit Schild "Conzen Rahmen, Düsseldorf" und mit einem Haken zur Aufhängung. Nicht ausgerahmt. Maße Platte: 20,0 x 17,2 cm. Rahmen: 42,0 x 36,5 cm. Holzrahmen mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren, berieben. Sehr guter Zustand. Original etching by William Strang, signed below the illustration with pencil, signed in the print on the lower left. Framed in a silverish wooden frame behind passepartout and glass professionally, backside of the frame with the workshop label and one hook for mounting. Not examined out of frame. Measurements plate: 20.0 x 17.2 cm. Measurements frame: 42.0 x 36.5 cm. Frame with slight traces of use, rubbed. Fine condition.