My (humble) ART Collection (Selected)
An exquisite subtle mezzotint by Eli Mardsen Wilson, 1926.
Wilson was born in the Yorkshire town of Ossett. He studied at Wakefield School of Art, and the Royal College of Art, London under the tutelage of legendary master etcher Sir Frank Short.
Wilson was a Quaker and vegetarian, he was imprisoned for two years during the Great War as a conscientious objector. He married Hilda Mary Pemberton 1871-1957, a notable printmaker in her own right. They lived together in Berkshire.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Princeton University Library
both hold an impression of this work.
Provenance: Per info versa archival mat, this print was handled by N.W. Lott & H.J. Gerrish,
located on Duke St., in London. In pencil; No. 42, GILT is indicated.