About this artwork
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artist:Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883 - 1948) Scottish
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title:Augustus John
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date created:Dated 1921
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materials:Etching and drypoint on paper (3/26)
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measurements:30.10 x 25.40 cm (paper 36.20 x 29.60 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Mr Kenneth Sanderson 1943
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accession number:GMA 409
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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...