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WALTER GREAVES (1846-1930)Duke Street, Chelseaetching, signed in plate 'W.Greaves', with some foxing
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WALTER GREAVES (1846-1930)
Duke Street, Chelsea
etching, signed in plate 'W.Greaves', with some foxing in margins and on mount
Pl. 8 x 7 in (20.3 x 17.8cm); together with a further etching by the same artist depicting Old Chelsea Bridge, 1872; two (2)
The son of a Chelsea boat builder, Walter Greaves and his brother Henry ferried the artist James Whistler on the Thames. Already an amateur artist when he first met Whistler in 1863, he later became an unpaid studio assistant of the artist. As a topographical draughtman he specialized in recording the Thames and Streets of Old Chelsea before their development in the later Victorian era.
Duke Street, Chelsea
etching, signed in plate 'W.Greaves', with some foxing in margins and on mount
Pl. 8 x 7 in (20.3 x 17.8cm); together with a further etching by the same artist depicting Old Chelsea Bridge, 1872; two (2)
The son of a Chelsea boat builder, Walter Greaves and his brother Henry ferried the artist James Whistler on the Thames. Already an amateur artist when he first met Whistler in 1863, he later became an unpaid studio assistant of the artist. As a topographical draughtman he specialized in recording the Thames and Streets of Old Chelsea before their development in the later Victorian era.
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WALTER GREAVES (1846-1930)
Duke Street, Chelsea
etching, signed in plate 'W.Greaves', with some foxing in margins and on mount
Pl. 8 x 7 in (20.3 x 17.8cm); together with a further etching by the same artist depicting Old Chelsea Bridge, 1872; two (2)
The son of a Chelsea boat builder, Walter Greaves and his brother Henry ferried the artist James Whistler on the Thames. Already an amateur artist when he first met Whistler in 1863, he later became an unpaid studio assistant of the artist. As a topographical draughtman he specialized in recording the Thames and Streets of Old Chelsea before their development in the later Victorian era.
Duke Street, Chelsea
etching, signed in plate 'W.Greaves', with some foxing in margins and on mount
Pl. 8 x 7 in (20.3 x 17.8cm); together with a further etching by the same artist depicting Old Chelsea Bridge, 1872; two (2)
The son of a Chelsea boat builder, Walter Greaves and his brother Henry ferried the artist James Whistler on the Thames. Already an amateur artist when he first met Whistler in 1863, he later became an unpaid studio assistant of the artist. As a topographical draughtman he specialized in recording the Thames and Streets of Old Chelsea before their development in the later Victorian era.
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DAY 1 Wednesday 14th November- LOTS 1-526 SILVER SALE ROOM commencing 10am
DAY 2 Thursday 15th November LOTS 528-end SALEROOM 1 commencing 10am
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DAY ONE – SILVER SALE ROOM commencing 10.00 am
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