Herbert Read (1893-1968) (1935)

Edgar Holloway

etching

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Half-length portrait of Herbert Reed sitting in a chair. Drypoint, 1935. Signed on plate. Signed, dated and numbered 4/25.

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

22.5 x 18.9 cm

Accession Number:

1937,0710.78

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1937

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1937

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits

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