The Shambles, York, with Yorkminster in the background
c 1880. Black crayon on white wove paper, 4 3/8 x 5 3/8 (110 x 135 mm), signed in pencil on the verso. Adhered to an archival laid-paper mount at each of the four corners on the verso. With a partial study of an heraldic shield in ink on the verso (does not show through to recto).
Emanuel was born and lived in London where he studied at the Slade under Alphonse Legros before further studies at the Academie Julian, Paris. From the late 1880s he began to show at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon, also exhibiting at the New English Art Club and elsewhere. He traveled widely in Europe, Africa and Ceylon. He became chief examiner for the Royal Drawing Society and published a number of books on etching and general art criticism. He is represented in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.
Item number: 1408
Price: $350.00
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