Frank Short
Via Mala

ArtistBritish, 1857–1945
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Via Mala
  • from the series Liber Studiorum (Book of Studies)
Datec. 1895
Published inLondon, England
MediumEtching and mezzotint in brown on cream wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 8 3/16 × 11 in. (20.8 × 27.9 cm.)
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 3/16 in. (31.1 × 43.7 cm.)

Credit LineGift of Eileen B. Glaser
Object number2016.20
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceEileen Glaser, Houston; to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: F. Short sculp. after J.M.W. Turner R.A. 1896. / VIA MALA
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, center right: Frank Short
Verso: [none]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, center right: Frank Short
Verso: [none]
Recto: Blindstamp, below image, left: PUBLISHED BY ROBT DUNTHORNE / LONDON .W/ VIGO ST [circled]
Watermark: [none]
Verso: [none]
Catalogue raisonnéStrange 213

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1896
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