Third Claud Gelee etching

This is the third Claude etching that I bought, it is later than the other two and very much more like his landscape paintings, with all his usual elements Goatherd, long horned goats also with travellers in the distance.

Another Claude Gelee etching

This etching by Claude Gelee is rather better done than the previous one, I bought three Claude etchings along with a large number etchings and engravings in a folio from a local auction, all three can be seen in museum collections around the world, so I considered myself very lucky to sucessfully bid for them.

Two beetles

This is one of the first etchings that I made so it is still a great favorite, it was just one beetle that a series of pencil drawings were made while it was trapped in a jamjar, the surface tone and heavier shadows beneath their bodies was made using aquatint.

Claude early etching

This very early etching by Claude Gelee who is better known as Claude or Claude le Lorrain, it is not to well done but he did improve quite quickly, I bought it very cheaply in an album of prints at a local auction, also in the album were two more by him which I shall post soon.

Nepalese outdoor loo

The Weirotter etching of an outdoor loo that I posted several days ago, reminded me of a drawing I did many years ago of a Nepalese toilet, that was situated so that it projected out from the hill, so that the flies were fifty or sixty feet below.

Samuel Howitts hunt etching

This engraving by Samuel Howitt in 1798 is the first of a set of six, these hunting prints were extremely popular in their time, even now they they turn up frequently at picture and print auctions, I have aquired a couple of sets over the years and just down the road an antique shop has a set for sale at over two hundred pounds, he is one of my favorite etchers who drew his own designs.

Hollacombe Barton

I was commissioned to engrave this farmhouse from a very old photograph, it had burnt down in the 1930's and became a rather tatty barn, a fairly modern farmhouse being built to replace it, I inked up the plate with a brown ink which seemed to suit it.