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Herbert Dicksee Play Etching Titled ``Play``2 young leopards / leopard playing round a tree Rare Original Large Dry Point 1st edition Etching. Artists Proof On Vellum by The Highly Listed Artist Herbert Thomas Dicksee R.A.(1862-1942) Titled "Play " Fully Signed in Pencil in the Margin and signed in the plate. This Large Artists Proof Dry Point Etching on Vellum Published by Frost and Reed May 1st` 1907 The Etching With Good Margins.
This full size etching Being a artists proofs On Vellum signed in pencil, Very Limited Impressions,published by Frost & Read 1907, Exhibited Royal Academy , Herbert Dicksee R.A. Highly listed Artist, Cousin Of The Artist Sir Frank Dicksee R.A. Herbert Thomas Dicksee R.A. Lived Very Near To London Zoo He Was Able To Let Himself Into The Zoo By Having His Own Key To The Zoo. He Would Let Himself Into The Zoo Very Early In The Morning Before The Zoo Opened, To Draw The Big Cats, Which He Then Went On To Work Up Into full Sized Finished Ltd Edition Signed Proof Etchings Of Wild Life Art. Although Very Well Known As A Etcher of Dogs Deerhounds etc Herbert Dicksee`s Etchings Of Big Cats Lions,Leopords,Tigers,etc Are Considered By Collecters Of Wildlife Art To Be His Finest Works.
Wonderful Very Fine Example of Victorian / Edwardian Wildlife Art . The Etching Is Offered Mounted, Matted Unframed , Though Can Be Framed For The Buyer If they Wish.