FLOODS NEAR ELY, Cambridgeshire, Robert Farren, Sepia etching antique print 1880

FLOODS NEAR ELY

Etched by Robert Farren

Published by Macmillan, London 1880 in "Etching and Etchers" by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

A very fine original 19th century untitled etching of flooded meadows around Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, as published in Hamerton's definitive work on the art form.

A sepia tinted and beautifully crafted atmospheric view with Ely Cathedral silhouetted on the skyline. Signed and dated in the plate.

Robert Farren (1832-1912) was a Cambridgeshire artist highly noted for his Fenland scenes.

This example is barely distinguishable from Farren's "Flood on the Fens" other than the addition of a flock of birds in the sky and minor differences to the clouds and tree-line.

Fine, clean condition, free of repairs or restoration, printed on robust heavy grade laid paper, blank verso.

Approx. 8" x 5" (200mm x 130mm) to the plate mark with good margins beyond.

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