Title: |
Miss Farren |
Artist: |
Tily, Eugene James 'Eugene Tily' (Walkern, Hertsfordshire, 1870 - Sutton, c. 1937) |
Date: |
1898 |
Medium: |
Original Etching & Stipple Engraving |
Publisher: |
Henry Graves, London |
Note: |
Eugene James Tily 'Eugene Tily': A fine late nineteenth and early
twentieth century etcher and watercolor painter, Eugene Tily received his
formal art education at the Bedford Park School of Art and at St. John's
College, Richmond. At the latter institution he was a pupil of both Arthur
Stock, R. A. and Walter Williams. Tily began exhibiting his art around 1895
and was equally well received for his mezzotints, stipples and aquatints.
Many of these works were based upon the designs of great English 18th century
masters and were commissioned by such major London publishers as Henry Graves,
James Connell and Frost & Reed. |
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During his career Eugene Tily exhibited his art at such locations
as the Royal Academy, the Grosvenor Gallery, London, and at the Paris Salon.
He also received the St. Louis Award for his work in stipple engraving (c.
1920). Eugene James Tily was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. |
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This large and impressive stipple engraving is a ‘Proof
Before Letters', meaning one of the first impressions taken before the title
was added along the lower margins. At this period of time the artist would
hand sign his name only to these initial proofs. Clearly, from a collecting
standpoint, proof impressions are worth considerably more than impressions
from the regular, published edition. |
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The following is some extra biographical information on Eugene
Tily not related to the arts. It is taken from A Dictionary of Contemporary
British Artists, 1929 (listed below). |
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Tily, Eugene James, Born, Walkern, Herts., March 4, 1870,
Son of James Tily, M. D., Married, Betty Stephen, Recreations; fishing,
shooting, motoring. Address; The Rowans, Elgin Road, Sutton. |
Reference: |
Bernard Dolman, ed., A Dictionary of Contemporary British
Artists, 1929, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1981
(first published, 1929) p. 457. |
Edition: |
Proof Impression before letters. |
Size: |
21 X 17 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding
width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
Condition: |
Printed upon fine china paper which has been pressed onto
a larger sheet of heavy, wove paper. Apart from several small foxing marks
in the upper margin (and not in the image) this is a fine, crisp impression
and in very good condition throughout. Signed in pencil to the lower right
and bearing the blindstamp of the International Printseller's Association
to the lower left. This large, proof impression of Miss Farren represents
a prime, original example of the art of Eugene Tily. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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