Percy Robertson A.R.E (1868-1934) - Signed Original Etching River Landscape

Description

A dramatic river landscape with cottages and a mountainous backdrop, typical of Robertson's ability to balance an atmospheric skyscape and detailed foreground. Signed in pencil below the plate line and inscribed 'N' to the left. With an indistinct inscription to the upper left of the page. On watermarked laid.

Condition

Condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. There is scattered foxing across the page, a minor tear to the right edge and losses to the upper corners, as shown.

Size

23.3 x 23.2cm (9.2" x 9.1")
Sheet: 36 x 29cm (14.2" x 11.4")
Plate: 24 x 23.7cm (9.4" x 9.3")

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Artist Biography

Painter and printmaker born in Bellagio, Italy, Percy Robertson was the son of an accomplished painter and engraver Charles Robertson, (1844-1891). Educated at Charterhouse, Percy Robertson was a talented watercolour landscape painter and very capable etcher being elected a member of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers in 1908. It was about this time that he executed a series of approximately 200 views of the Thames from Oxford to Kingston on Thames. Robertson exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and at the RE who elected him an Associate in 1887 and a Member in 1908. He was also a member and exhibitor at the Norfolk & Norwich Art Circle and at the Ipswich Art Club, 1895-1905. Three of his works were displayed at the Centenary Exhibition in 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio has examples of his etchings.