'The Strand Mortuary' - An original etching by William Monk (1863-1937)* for
'The Artist Engraver - A quarterly magazine of original work - edition number 4 October 1904'.
Published by Macmillan & Co, London. Measures 18 by 25 cms
Good condition. Unframed
* William Monk. Born in Chester, Monk is best remembered as an accomplished etcher and printmaker. He studied at the Chester School of Art and also studied etching at the Antwerp Academy in Belgium. Monk became an Associate of the Society of Painter-Etchers in 1894 and a full member in 1899. In 1902 he launched the Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack, known to print collectors as ‘Monk’s Calendar’, and etched every edition up to 1938. Monk was one of the earliest members of the Society of Graver-Printers in Colour, founded in 1909, and was its Vice-President at the time of his death. Examples of his coloured work are now extremely rare.
Monk exhibited widely throughout his career, his work featuring architectural subjects and examples are held in the British, Victoria and Albert and the Imperial War Museums. He returned to his native Chester in 1933 where he remained until his death in 1937.