Sir Hubert Von Herkomer

Portrait of Cecil Lawson

Sir Hubert Von Herkomer's portrait of the artist, Cecil Lawson is anoriginal drypoint engraving. Cecil Gordon Lawson (1851-1882) was born in Shropshire of Scottish parents. He came to London at the age of ten and exhibited his first painting there eight years later. Beginning first as a floral painter, Lawson soon became a major landscape painter and watercolourist and a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and other major venues. Despite his brief life of only thirty-one years many scholars maintain that Cecil Lawson is one of England's greatest nineteenth century landscape artists.

"Portrait of Cecil Lawson" is an original drypoint engraving by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer published by the Fine Art Society, London and printed by James S. Virtue, London for the portfolio entitled, "Cecil Lawson: a Memoir" by Edmund W. Gosse in 1883.

Original Drypoint Engraving by the British artist, Sir Hubert Von Herkomer.

Portrait of Cecil Lawson

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Sir Hubert Von Herkomer (Bavaria, 1849 - Hertfordshire, 1914)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		John the Smith and his Daughter, from, 'An Idyl' by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer	Original Etching	1889	Signed by Hubert Von Herkomer in pencil under the plate-mark and in the plate (with his 'HH' monogramme) also dated '89'.
02.-		Orphans by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer	Original Drypoint Engraving	1878	Published by Macmillan and Co., London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Etching and Etchers". Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with wide, deckled margins. Titled, dated and signed by the artist in the plate (with his 'HH' monogramme).	Sold
03.-		Portrait of Cecil Lawson by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer	Original Drypoint Engraving	1883	Published by the Fine Art Society, London and printed by James S. Virtue, London for "Cecil Lawson: a Memoir" by Edmund W. Gosse. Signed by Hubert Von Herkomer in the plate (with his 'HH' monogramme). Edition 200 Impressions. Edition 200 Impressions
04.-		The Babes in the Wood by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer	Original Etching and Drypoint Engraving	1881	Published by J.S. Virtue & Co. Limited, London for "The Art Journal". Signed by Hubert Von Herkomer in the plate (with his 'HH' monogramme).	Sold
05.-		The Hop Gardens of England by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer	Original Hard and Soft Ground Etching	1883	Published by the Fine Art Society, London and printed by James S. Virtue, London for "Cecil Lawson: a Memoir" by Edmund W. Gosse. . Edition 200 Impressions
06.-		The Smith's Workmen from, 'An Idyl' by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer	Original Etching	1889	Signed by Hubert Von Herkomer in the plate (with his 'HH' monogramme) also dated '89'.
07.-		Words of Comfort by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer	Original Etching and Drypoint Engraving	1879	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, Fleet Street in 1879 for "The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical Edited by Philip Gilbert Hamerton". Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with wide, full margins by Eugene Delatre, Paris and Signed by Hubert Von Herkomer in the plate (with his 'HH' monogramme) also dated '79'.	Sold

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Title:	Portrait of Cecil Lawson
Artist:	Von Herkomer, Sir Hubert (Bavaria, 1849 - Hertfordshire, 1914)
Publisher:	Fine Art Society, London
Printer:	James S. Virtue, London
Date:	1883
Medium:	Original Drypoint Engraving
Source:	Cecil Lawson: a Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse
Edition:	Limited Edition of Two Hundred impressions.
Note:	Sir Hubert von Herkomer: A prominent member of the Royal Academy, Royal Water-Colour Society and the Royal Engravers, Hubert von Herkomer left Bavaria for Southampton in 1857 and studied at the Royal College of Art, London. Herkomer was equally well received for his paintings, sculptures, engravings and etchings. In these latter mediums he was a tireless experimenter and he became accomplished in all forms of original graphic art. He founded and directed the Herkomer School of Art at Bushey, Herfordshire (1883-1904) and was also the Slade Professor of Art at Oxford University from 1885 to 1894. Herkomer as well wrote a great deal upon the arts. His most famous books include Etchings and Mezzotint Engraving, which was published in 1892, and his autobiography, My School and my Gospel, published in 1907. In 1896 Hubert von Herkomer was Knighted by Queen Victoria. Sir Hubert von Herkomer based this drypoint engraving upon a watercolour portrait of Cecil Lawson made in 1877. The watercolour portrait is housed in the National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 3889.
	Perhaps Herkomer's most highly respected works of art are his portraits. During his career he both etched and engraved such portaits of contemporary artists as Richard Wagner, Seymour Haden, Holman Hunt and Cecil Lawson. Portrait of Cecil Lawson hails from a memorial portfolio published in London in the portfolio entitled "Cecil Lawson: a Memoir" by Edmund W. Gosse in 1883 in a limited edition of two hundred impressions. The subject was a tribute to the recently deceased landscape painter, Cecil Lawson. For this large portfolio Herkomer contributed two original works of graphic art. Portrait of Cecil Lawson was used as the frontis piece. Whislter also contibuted an original etching entitled, 'Swan and Iris'.
Size:	16 X 11 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed by James S. Virtue, London upon Japon paper and with wide, full margins as published in the limited edition of two hundred impressions in London in 1883 as published by the Fine Art Society, London for the portfolio entitled, "Cecil Lawson: a Memoir" by Edmund W. Gosse. Signed by the artist in the plate (with his 'HH' monogramme). Bearing a library blinstamp to the upper left corner -- well away from the actual engraving -- else a strongly printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original drypoint engraving entitled Portrait of Cecil Lawson represents a prime example of the famous nineteenth century portrait art of Sir Hubert von Herkomer.
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