Prints / PR1605 Vire, Normandy Loan: Gregynog, Davies sisters 1989After receiving his Diploma at the Royal College, Richards went on a tour from Honfleur to Vire in Normandy making drawings which he later made into etchings. This plate, one of that series, was exhibited at the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1913. For the drawing to this etching see WD1011. See WD1010 and WD1012 for other drawings by Richards of Vire
show object description Street scene in Vire, Normandy; foreground, a road, pavements, pedestrians, a lamp and houses / shops with canopies, signboards and shuttered windows; middleground, shops with signboards and dormer windows, pedestrians, an old curved building and a clock tower with a small window, a belfry with a small cupola, a clock (reading 10 to 11), a small statue in an alcove and an arched gateway over the road; background, a pylon / telegraph pole with wires. Etched in fine detail with varied lines and some stopping out. Text on image, on signboards, 'LAFORCE', 'ANDOULLES DE VIRE', 'AU BOIX COIX PATISSIER', 'A PIERRE DE C[?]', 'COER MAXIN' and 'H. ER[...?]'.
Street scene in Vire, Normandy; foreground, a road, pavements, pedestrians, a lamp and houses / shops with canopies, signboards and shuttered windows; middleground, shops with signboards and dormer windows, pedestrians, an old curved building and a clock tower with a small window, a belfry with a small cupola, a clock (reading 10 to 11), a small statue in an alcove and an arched gateway over the road; background, a pylon / telegraph pole with wires. Etched in fine detail with varied lines and some stopping out. Text on image, on signboards, 'LAFORCE', 'ANDOULLES DE VIRE', 'AU BOIX COIX PATISSIER', 'A PIERRE DE C[?]', 'COER MAXIN' and 'H. ER[...?]'. --other objects by this Artist/Maker-- (Prints) PR1603 A Gateway, Falaise [or La Porte des Cordeliers, Fa...
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