William Larkins Etchings of the East End in the 1920s and other Scenes
by Gordon Cooke (foreword by Graham Sutherland)
1979
ISBN: 0 906030 08 0
24 pages; 23 illustrations
Page size: 210 x 150 mm
Softbound
£7.50

William Larkins (1901-74) was the most advanced of the Class of '21 at Goldsmiths' who sought reaction to the prevalent en plein air style of etching at the time. Not only was Larkins the one to stumble upon an etching by Samuel Palmer which was so to affect that generation, but he left his colleagues behind in his interest in modernism and design. His career as an etcher was abandoned in about 1930 and in 1932 he joined J. Walter Thompson as an art director. Described by Graham Sutherland as 'a fastidious and inspired etcher', he was widely seen as the rising star of his generation. The booklet catalogues all his prints.
£7.50

Great Images of British Printmaking
by Raymond Lister
1978
ISBN: 0 906030 01 3
96 pages; 64 illustrations
Page size: 245 x 180 mm
Softbound
£7.50

An introduction to British printmaking 1789-1939, this small book surveys some of the crowning achievements of British printmaking over 150 years in the work of major and some minor artists.

George Richmond. A Critical Biography
by Raymond Lister
1981
ISBN: 0 906030 13 7
184 pages; 69 illustrations including 11 in colour
Page size: 280 x 210 mm
Colour dustjacket; brown 'cloth', gold-blocked spine
Index. Two appendices.
£75

George Richmond (1809-96) was one of the most renowned portrait painters of the Victorian era but in his early period he was part of the circle of The Ancients together with Palmer and Calvert, surrounding William Blake. Palmer lent Richmond £40 to elope to Gretna Green in January 1831. The book contains a valuable index of Richmond's portraits and gives the details of his three early prints.