Description: Charles West Cope (1811-1890); etching; "Life School, Royal Academy"; 1865. sheet 11 3/4 x 10"; plate 8 x 11". Signed "WC" "1865" in plate; inscribed in pencil 'WC 1865" LL, titled pencil "Life School, Royal Acad" LC. Published in Gilbert Hamertom's Etchings and Etchers (London, 1868), so has center crease, very fine condition, with very full margins. On laid paper. Cope won a competition to decorate Parliament, and from the late 1840s until 1866 painted frescoes there. He was a founder of the Etching Club, and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1848. This etching, along with Cope's famous oil "Council of the Royal Academy Selecting Pictures for the Exhibition", are iconic images of the Royal Academy in the mid 19th C. The British Museum notes on the print: "shows the interior of the life school of the RA with artists in a curved line, under lamps. drawing at easels, from a model on a low round dias under a large lamp, with drape and curtain on the left, standing with one leg in front of the other and holding a sword". A side note - the etching clearly shows the spectacular array of gaslights that had begun to be used in art classes at that time. This important print appears in the collections of the Royal Academy, London Science Museum, National Gallery of Canada, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, British Museum Print Collection. please visit my ebay sites: Art https://www.ebay.com/str/rufus1226 Records www.ebay.com/usr/juledefelice_0 Books www.ebay.com/usr/j18-jule www.ebay.com/usr/judefe-65 https://www.ebay.com/usr/judefe16
Price: 250 USD
Location: West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-09-01T12:14:26.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Features: Signed
Region of Origin: england
Width (Inches): 12
Production Technique: ETCHING
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Item Length: 12 in
Item Height: 10 in
Subject: ROYAL ACADEMY
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Material: Etching
Height (Inches): 10
Culture: western
Print Surface: Paper
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Image Orientation: Landscape
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Framing: Unframed
Artist: CHARLES COPE
Year of Production: 1856
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Style: Realism
Color: Black
Signed: No
Theme: Art, History
Type: Print
