Ernest Stephen Lumsden
The Figure of Eight
About this artwork
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artist:Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883 - 1948) Scottish
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title:The Figure of Eight
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date created:1909
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materials:Etching on Japan paper
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measurements:Sheet 20.50 x 26.80 cm; Plate and inscription 15.00 x 21.70 cm
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credit line:Purchased with the support of Ruth E Grafton, 2017
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accession number:P 3169
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Ernest Stephen Lumsden
Ernest Stephen Lumsden
Lumsden taught printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art. He wrote the standard manual on etching practice, ‘The Art of Etching’ in 1925, and became President of the Society of Artist Printmakers (initially based in Glasgow, then based in Edinburgh) from 1929. Born in London, Lumsden initially...