Publisher/Manufacturer: Print Collectors 1923 Drypoint in black on cream wove Whatman? paper
187 x 333 mm. Loan: Gregynog, Davies sisters 1989
A Presentation Print for the Print Collectors' Club 1923. Reproduced in 'Fine Prints of the Year' in 1923 and exhibited at the Royal Academy. This was the last plate to be completed by Bentley before his death and it was printed in an edition of 100 by Malcolm Osborne
River valley at Morlaix, Brittany; centre foreground, male and female figure on river bank; middleground, trees; background, escarpment with town and church tower on the brow. Worked in light to heavily incised lines; large areas left unworked; trees depicted using rich burred lines. Paper has the watermark '[WHATM?]AN 1922 ENGLAND'