Alfred Hugh Fisher

Mead's Wall, Winchester College

Alfred Hugh Fisher's "Mead's Wall, Winchester College" is an original drypoint engraving printed upon fine hand-made, laid paper with the 'F. J. Head & Co.' watermark along the lower margin, and with large, full margins as published in London by Greatorex in the limited edition of one hundred impressions around 1925. This drypoint engraving hails from a series of twenty-one views of Winchester created by the artist from 1924 to 1927. This original impression of "Mead's Wall, Winchester College" is signed and fully titled by the British artist, Alfred Hugh Fisher in pencil under the plate-mark.

Original Drypoint Engraving by the British artist, Alfred Hugh Fisher.

Mead's Wall, Winchester College

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#	Image	Title & Engraver	Medium	Date	Notes
01.-		Knife Grinder by Alfred Hugh Fisher	Original Etching	c. 1925 - 1930	Signed in pencil to the lower right by Alfred Hugh Fisher and also singned in the plate to the lower left.
02.-		Mead's Wall, Winchester College by Alfred Hugh Fisher	Original Drypoint Engraving	c. 1925	Signed and fully titled by Alfred Hugh Fisher in pencil under the plate-mark, edition of 100 impressions.

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Title:	Mead's Wall, Winchester College
Artist:	Fisher, Alfred Hugh (London, 1867 - 1945)
Date:	c. 1925
Medium:	Original Drypoint Engraving
Publisher:	Greatorex, London
Note:	Alfred Hugh Fisher: An English etcher, engraver, illustrator and painter, Alfred Hugh Fisher was educated at the University College Schools, Lambeth School and South Kensington, and then concluded his formal studies in Paris, under Laurens and Constant. Concentrating mostly upon original printmaking and illustration, A. Hugh Fisher was appointed as an artist to the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, which gave him opportunity to travel extensively throughout the British Empire and elsewhere. Etchings and drypoints of New Zealand, India, Burma, Hungary, France and England were published in London by Greatorex in signed editions of forty to one hundred impressions. A. Hugh Fisher was also an accomplished etcher and engraver of portraits and animal studies.
	Many of Fisher's best engravings were created in a series form. Mead's Wall, Winchester College hails from a series of twenty-one views of Winchester created by the artist from 1924 to 1927. Other series included scenes of Provence (14), Views of York (7) and Views of Paris and Budapest. His fine etchings were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the R.B.A. and with the Royal Engravers. Fisher was elected an Associate of the Royal Engravers and was a full member of the Chicago Society of Etchers and the California Print Makers. He lived and worked for lengthy periods of time in both Amberly, Sussex, and Risborough.
	Alfred Hugh Fisher was also active as an author and published several volumes of poetry. He both illustrated and wrote such books as, The Cathedral Church of Hereford (1898), The Marriage of Ilario (1919) and Through India and Burmah with Pen and Brush (1911). Today such major public galleries as the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, include examples of his original prints in their collections.
Edition:	Limited edition of one hundred impressions
Size:	9 X 6 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine hand-made, laid paper with the 'F. J. Head & Co.' watermark along the lower margin, and with large, full margins as published in London in the limited edition of 100 signed impressions around 1925. Signed and fully titled by Fisher in pencil under the plate-mark. A fine impression with full burr of the published state and in excellent condition throughout. Mead's Wall, Winchester College represents a beautiful, original example of the etched art of A. Hugh Fisher.
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