Frederick Carter Woodcut Circa.1920

Frederick Carter Woodcut Circa.1920Frederick Carter A. R. E 1883 1967 Woodcut Circa. 1920. Provenance: John Gawsworth (The King of Redonda). 13. 5 by 14 cms sheet. Carter was a painter and etcher born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He abandoned an early career as a surveyor and engineer to study art in Paris and London, where he learnt his etching techniques under Frank Short. He exhibited at the RA, ROI, NEAC and was elected ARE in 1912. His artistic life before and after the World War I was

Wordsworth and Hunt amongst his inner circle

Figure Studies

and contributed drawings to the Museum Britannicum

Davidson was born in London

sua si bona norint Agricolas: Virg Georg

An accomplished but unidentified hand

titled in coloured pencil lower right

Baker's body was returned to his birthplace and buried in close proximity to the famous Midlands landscape artist David Cox at Harborne

although sheep and human figures are also fairly common in his works

Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz" 1815-1882

Pen ink and watercolour drawing on laid paper laid to backing sheet

15 by 13 cms