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Etchings and Engravings by George Adamson, RE, published and unpublished |
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| Title/description | Exhibited/published | Date | Size | Nature |
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| The Cellar |
unpublished |
1930 |
6 x 4 1/2" |
wood engraving |
| Woman in Apron |
unpublished |
1932 |
4 ¾ x 3 3/16" |
dry-point etching |
| Adam |
unpublished |
1933 |
8 1/8 x 3 3/16" |
mezzotint |
| Looking towards Snowdon |
unpublished |
1933 |
3 7/16 x 5" |
dry-point etching |
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Durham Cathedral |
published ? Walker Gallery, Liverpool |
1933 |
11 3/16 x 14 3/16" |
aquatint |
| Theatre (chorus scene from Mother Goose pantomime) |
exhibited at Royal Academy, 1937 (1151)
unpublished |
1936 |
8 7/8 x 11 7/8" |
etching and aquatint |
Wine Steward
(at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool) |
published, Market Print Gallery, Exeter, exh. cat. George Adamson: etchings; Arthur Homeshaw: linocuts, September 1978;
RE Printmakers’ Directory, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, February 2006 |
1937 |
12 5/16 x 9" |
soft-ground etching and aquatint; also preliminary sketches |
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A Journey [line of colliery trucks] (boy and others in coalmine) (also known as ‘Mine-workers’) |
exhibited at Royal Academy, 1948 (1104)
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1981;
published ?Walker Gallery, Liverpool |
1937/8? |
8 1/8 x 12 1/2" |
etching, soft ground etching and aquatint |
The Savoy, Wigan
(a Wigan fish and chip shop) |
published Wigan Observer, March 15th, 2005, p. 27 |
1937 |
19 x 13 7/8" |
soft-ground etching |
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Wigan Fair |
exhibited at Royal Academy, 1939 (969)
unpublished |
1938 |
11 ¾ x 14 1/2" |
etching and dry-point: also preliminary pencil drawing |
| Death of Abel |
unpublished |
1939? |
12 5/8 x 11 1/2" |
etching and dry-point |
| Whit Monday, St. Mary’s, Wigan |
exhibited at Royal Academy, 1948 (1083);
exhibited at Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1981;
unpublished |
1947 (earlier state c. 1939) |
15 7/8 x 11 3/8 " |
etching |
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Portuguese Clowns (first sketched in Portugal whilst avoiding Spain at the outbreak of the Civil War) |
published, Market Print Gallery, Exeter, exh. cat. George Adamson: etchings; Arthur Homeshaw: linocuts, September 1978 |
1936 |
8 3/8 x 6 5/8" |
aquatint and soft-ground etching |
| Spanish Peasant Dancers |
unpublished |
1939? |
8 7/16 x 5 15/16" |
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Chudleigh Rock |
unpublished |
1948 |
10 3/8 x 12 5/8" |
dry-point etching |
| Peter’s High Chair |
unpublished |
1949? |
3 1/2 x 2 5/8" |
wood engraving |
| Peter One Morning (a portrait of his son at 3 years old) |
Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1982; unpublished |
1950 |
10 x 11 ¾" |
dry-point and soft-ground etching |
|
Hen |
Country Fair (1952 & 1960) |
1951 |
4 x 3 ½" |
wood engraving |
| Killerton from the North |
unpublished |
1979 |
12 x 15" |
etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint |
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Patricia Beer ( the poet and writer) |
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1982; unpublished |
1979? |
10 3/4 x 5 3/4" |
dry-point |
John Ogdon at the Piano
(John Ogdon playing at the Great Hall, University of Exeter, Friday, November 9th, 1979) |
record sleeve cover of William Alwyn: Fantasy - Waltzes, 12 Preludes
John Ogdon, piano
(Chandos Records ABRD 1125 in 1985, also Chandos CD cover: CHAN 8399);
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers,1981 |
1979 |
7 5/8 x 10 1/2" |
aquatint |
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Filming ‘The Onedin Line’, Exeter |
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1981; exhibited Rennes, 1982, unpublished |
1980 |
12 x 17 1/4" |
drypoint |
| St. Andrews Cathedral |
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1981; unpublished |
1980 |
13 3/8 x 10 5/8" |
drypoint, signed and dated 80 |
| The Gascoigne Girls |
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1983;
The Journal of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers & Engravers, no. 6, 1984, p. 18 |
1982? |
10 11/16 x 14 1/2" |
drypoint |
| Peacocks (two peacocks at Killerton Gardens) |
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1982; unpublished |
1980 |
5 1/8 x 15 1/8" |
dry-point and aquatint |
| Peacock in the Wind |
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1982; unpublished |
1982 |
8 7/8 x 13 3/8" |
soft-ground etching |
| Caerphilly Castle |
exhibited Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1982; unpublished |
1982? |
8 7/8 x 13 1/2" |
dry-point, signed in reverse |
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Self-Portrait (a portrait of the artist in his garden) |
published The Independent, March 16th, 2005, p. 33 |
1986 |
13 9/16 x 8 7/8" |
soft-ground etching, signed and dated 86 |
| Peg |
unpublished |
?1987 |
12 11/16 x 7 5/8" |
soft-ground etching |
