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The Reader The Reverend Nathaniel Royds M.A
Printmaker: Lumsden, Ernest Stephen
A portrait of the artist's elderly father-in-law, half-length, seated, in profile facing left. He holds an open book in his hands.
The print was published as Plate 21 in Lumsden's, The Art of Etching (1924) where it is used to illustrate drypoint 'done direct from life' and is described by Lumsden as having been executed 'direct on the copper in artificial light'.
This impression is the first trial proof and was given to the Museum along with the cancelled plate and other prints at the suggestion of Sydney Cockerell. In a letter sent to Cockerell dated 29.ix.20, Lumsden describes the trial proof of The Reader as 'a remarkably / rich one though hardly as like as / some of the later'.
Method of acquisition: Given (1920-09) by Lumsden, Ernest Stephen
Production date: AD 1920
First trial proof. See also cancelled plate, P.15144-R.
Support
composed of
paper
Plate
Height 150 mm
Width 212 mm
Sheet
Height 238 mm
Width 281 mm
Accession number: P.3037-R
Primary reference Number: 81322
Lumsden: 195
Lumsden (1924): Plate 21
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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