SHORT, Sir Frank
British (1857 – 1945)
The Shadowed Valley, 1927
Hardie 128. Mezzotint on chinc applique with full margins. Printed in dark brown ink. Signed in pencil.
14 ½ x 19 ⅜ inches | 36.8 x 49.2 cm
The print shows a view of Oxteddle Bottom and Mount Caburn on the South Downs near Lewes. Bare sweeping dows, with deep shadows in their curves; many circling seagulls show white against the dark shadow on the right.
Museum Collections:
The British Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
$3,500