£1,275 

Charles Sims:
Epilogue (Ref CD3), 1921-22
Framed (ref: 1217)
Original engraving with aquatint

Tags: Charles Sims engraving allegory flowers Works in Progress

Provenance: Given by the artist to Winifred Knights in the early 1920s; the artists family

Literature: Lit: Michael Campbell, British Prints, 18th -20th century, Cat. no. 5, no. 386

This is a rare trial proof of a scarce unpublished work.  Sims was on the faculty of the British School at Rome and an admirer of Knights. He probably gifted her this trial proof when visiting the BSR in 1922.