Henry Stuart Brown

King's Lynn

Henry Stuart Brown's original etching, King's Lynn was created by the early twentieth century landscape etcher in 1927, H. J. L. Wright, Catalogue # 89, First and only State. It is printed upon French hand-made, laid, antique paper bearing the 'Hudelist' watermark and with full margins as published in London at that date. This impression of King's Lynn is signed as usual in black pen by the artist. With its wonderful, rapid delineations of water, sky and wind, King's Lynn is indicative of the etched art created by the British artist, Henry James Stuart Brown.

Original etching by the British artist, Henry James Stuart Brown 'Henry Stuart Brown'.

King's Lynn

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Title:	King's Lynn
Artist:	Brown, Henry James Stuart (West Lothian, 1871 - 1941)
Date:	1927
Medium:	Original Etching
Note:	Henry James Stuart Brown 'Henry Stuart Brown': It might be argued that Henry James Stuart Brown is the best kept secret of early twentieth century British etching. Even today some scholars ignore his etched art (which totals slightly over two hundred examples) while others place his landscapes beside those of Whistler and Seymour Haden. This partial neglect stems from Brown's own activities. Except for informal classes in Glasgow, he was completely self-taught. He devoted much of his energies as head of the family business and claimed to be an 'amateur' etcher. And although Henry Stuart Brown's etchings (including this original impression of King's Lynn) were published by the major London publishing house of Colnaghi's, they were all printed in very small editions of between 50 and 60 impressions.
	Henry Stuart Brown was a master of "plein air" etching. In brief, Henry Stuart Brown carried his copper plates and etching tools outdoors with him. A gifted plein air etcher could thus capture the more spontaneous and transitory effects of nature that would often be lost to the artist who took his preparatory drawings back to his etching studio. Other acknowledged masters of the plein air technique were Haden and Whistler. King's Lynn with its wonderful, rapid delineations of water, sky and wind is a masterpiece of this medium.
	Kenneth Guichard * writes, "Henry Stuart Brown was one of the best of the British landscape etchers at the beginning of this century, and no one excelled him in conveying a feeling of plein air. His art, like that of Seymour Haden, was recreational and it is full of the frank pleasures of the open countryside, of the winding road and breezy distances of long low horizons. ... Henry Stuart Brown should be in every collection of British etchings, but his scarcity is such that it seems useless to urge the acquisition of such lovely etchings as Ely from the North-East of 1918, The Vale of Alford or Breezy Day, King's Lynn of 1927. " (Kenneth M. Guichard, British Etchers: 1850-1940, London, Robin Garton, 1981, pp. 30 & 31).
	The large majority of Henry Stuart Brown's etchings depict landscapes around Ely, Northumberland, Wells, Wymondham, St. Ives, Rye and King's Lynn. Because of their scarcity, his etchings do not appear frequently on the auction block, but they often command large prices when they do. The British Museum in London houses the largest known collection of Henry Stuart Brown's art with over thirty listed etchings.
Raisonne:	H. J. L. Wright, A Catalogue of the Etchings of Henry Stuart Brown, Print Collector's Quarterly, Kansas City, Vol. XIV, 1927, p. 380.
	Catalogue # 89, First and only State, as published in the limited edition of between fifty and sixty impressions, London, 1927.
Size:	6 X 10 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Buy Now	Price: $795.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon French hand-made, laid, antique paper bearing the 'Hudelist' watermark and with full margins as published in London in 1927. Signed as usual in black pen by Stuart Brown along the lower plate-mark. It is a fine, deeply printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. King's Lynn is indicative of the art of Henry James Stuart Brown and of early twentieth century British landscape etching.
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