{"product_id":"ethelbert-white-wood-engraving-of-the-pont-neuf-paris-signed-in-pencil","title":"1925 Wood Engraving by Ethelbert White (1891-1972). The Pont Neuf, Paris. Pencil Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEthelbert White (1891-1972) was a celebrated wood engraver. He was born at Isleworth, Middlesex in 1891. He was linked with C.R.W. Nevinson and Mark Gertler through his pre-First World War studies at St John's Wood Art School and was elected to the London Group in 1915.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhite was an early member of the Society of Wood Engravers and a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society in 1925. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe started making woodcuts in the 1920s and worked with this medium only up until the 1940s. Wood engravings are customarily very small. White's ones are an unusual larger scale. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch of his work features attractive pastoral imagery of the English landscape. He had a great love of the countryside and led a rather Bohemian life, travelling the country with his wife in summer months in a gypsy caravan from his base at Amberley in Sussex. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhite also travelled widely in Ireland, France and Spain.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis fine early wood engraving is a harder to find architectural work by White showing a view of the Pont Neuf in Paris. It dates to around 1925 and comes from a limited edition of only 50 impressions. The rarity of this work is reflected in my asking price. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTECHNIQUE: \u003c\/span\u003eWood engraving is at once the simplest and yet one of the most exquisite forms of printmaking. First, the reversed design is engraved into the mirror-smooth surface of a block of hard wood. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe artist cuts or engraves into the wood to form the image. All the cut-away details forming channels in the wood do not get any ink and remain white when printed; the remaining proud, top surface which gets inked with a roller comes out black. Most wood engravings are closely worked and relatively small because the tools used are finely pointed and the work is often intricate and time-consuming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis impression is signed in pencil below, and also titled and with edition number. It is in good condition and comes framed in a vintage frame. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe image size is: 15.5 x 21.5 cm. The frame is 42 x 57.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother impression is in the collection of the Yale Centre for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut. But you certainly do not come across impressions for sale very often.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePostage will be with Royal Mail Tracked, Medium Parcel. This will be applied at check out. Please select a signed for service so that insurance can be assigned to the parcel. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54920952152443,"sku":"MUSSELBURGH INSIDE","price":650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/1925-wood-engraving-by-ethelbert-white-1891-1972-the-pont-neuf-paris-pencil-signed-british-prints-523.webp?v=1793222226","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/ethelbert-white-wood-engraving-of-the-pont-neuf-paris-signed-in-pencil","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}