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Quai Henri IV

Printing Plate
c.1915 (published)
Artist/Maker
Carfax & Co. (publisher)
Sickert, Walter Richard (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

'Quai Henri IV'. Cancelled engraved copperplate with bevelled edges. Design showing a lady in Victorian dress holding her arms up. Lettered with title and Sickert del. et sc. Published by Carfax & Co. 24 Bury Street, St. James's. Plate is cancelled by four drilled holes (approx 1cm), one in each corner of the design.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Tools & Equipment
Object type
Printing Plate
TitleQuai Henri IV
Materials and techniques
Engraved copperplate
Copper
Engraving
Brief description
'Quai Henri IV'. Cancelled engraved copperplate. Design showing a lady in Victorian dress holding her arms up. Drawn and engraved by Walter Richard Sickert. Published by Carfax & Co. London, c.1915.
Physical description
'Quai Henri IV'. Cancelled engraved copperplate with bevelled edges. Design showing a lady in Victorian dress holding her arms up. Lettered with title and Sickert del. et sc. Published by Carfax & Co. 24 Bury Street, St. James's. Plate is cancelled by four drilled holes (approx 1cm), one in each corner of the design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
Measured by DH 07/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • Sickert del. et sc. (Below right corner of image on plate (in reverse).)
  • Published by Carfax & Co. 24 Bury Street, St. James's (Centre below title (in reverse).)
  • QUAI HENRI IV (Centre below image.)
Gallery label
Quai Henri IV. Cancelled copperplate.
Lettered with title and Sickert del. et sc. Published by Carfax & Co. 24 Bury Street, St. James's.
Copperplate. 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 E.93-1950

Given by The Sickerts Trust through Mrs. Louise Powell

Note: An impression from this plate before cancellation is E.94-1950.
Credit line
Given by The Sickerts Trust through Mrs. Louise Powell
Object history
This is one of a group of etchings, E.84 to 94-1950 (including three cancelled copperplates) printed by David Strang following the artist's death in 1942, at the request of his widow Thérèse Lessore (1884-1945). The editions varied in number depending on the condition of the plate, and afterwards, the copperplates were cancelled.
Production
An impression from this plate before cancellation is E.94-1950.
Subject depicted
Women
Associated object
E.94-1950
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.93-1950

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O596005/quai-henri-iv-printing-plate-sickert-walter-richard/
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