On the making of etchings

Sir Frank Short RA

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/1527

Author

Edition

3rd edition

Imprint

London: Robert Dunthorne, at the sign of the Rembrandt Head in Vigo Street, W., 1898

Physical Description

43 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Provenance

Inscribed in black ink on front free endpaper "To Dorothy from her father. August 1903, F.S. [i.e. Frank Short RA].
Inscribed in pencil on back endpaper: "Bound by me for my father, Sir F. Short. Dorothea Short."
The front pastedown carries the engraved bookplate of Frank Short

Copy Note

With an additional title page, printed on pale blue paper pasted onto one of the front endpapers

Binding Note

Bound in dark green leather. Lettered in gilt on spine: `On the making of etchings. Frank Short. 1898'

Subject

Etching Technique

Contributors

Robert Dunthorne, publisher
Sir Frank Short RA, previous owner
Miss Dorothea Short, binder, donor
Chiswick Press (London), printer