Description: Sir Frank Brangwyn: Barnard Castle. Etching and drypoint with plate-tone printed in brown ink. Handsigned in pencil by the artist. Reference: Gaunt 53. First (Triail) State - 3 impressions. The plate was sold to the Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst in Vienna. This is an early impression signed by the artist, before the plate was sold. Although unsigned impressions are common, signed impressions are very rare. Dimensions: 37,60 x 30,30 cm Literature: Gaunt 53 ----- Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) --- frank brangwyn. Born in Bruges, Belgium in 1867, to British parents ( his father was Welsh) and was brought up and educated in England. His art training was at the Royal College of Art. He was apprenticed to William Morris in 1882. It was Morris’s influence that caused him to diversify his art. He was famous as an accomplished etcher and lithographer and his favorite subjects included powerful depictions of ship building and heavy industry, and the labourers involved in such work. However, his efforts in the fields of design are less well known. He produced designs for furniture, jewelry, and textiles, and stained glass panels. Brangwyn fulfilled many commissions to produce large scale murals for public interior spaces, the most high profile of which was for the House of Commons in London for which he completed 18 large scale panels on the theme of the British Empire which was rejected by the commissioning committee but became the subject of fierce bidding by many other institutions. To add to his achievements, Brangwyn was also an official war artist during the 1st World War. He excelled in etching, doing hundreds on a wide variety of subjects. When The Studio started their series of Famous Etchers he was one of only two artists to be given two volumes. In 1926, The Studio published The Etchings of Frank Brangwyn - a catalogue raisonné, with reproductions of over 330 etchings. Medium: Etching Circa: 1905 Notes: All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed. Condition: Very good impression on a full sheet of simili japan paper. The work is in very good condition with the complete wide margins. Original hand signature in pencil.