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). 9. 5 by 15 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

Century Sepia pen and ink drawing

Possibly an example of the artist's brief experimentation with pastel

possibly a reference to the sitter

1565-1607 after Hendrik Goltzius 1558-1617

William Anderson 1757-1837

Today his works are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum

Naviasky was an English artist based in Leeds He specialised in watercolour and oil painting

He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1779

One figure points to a laureated medallion of Shakespeare (in the published engraving this is substituted for Milton)

London November 6

the beast was put to sleep by the witch Medea and then killed by Jason

More often than not Baker's landscapes include cattle