Frederick Austin: Circus caravan, Leceister, circa 1921

Frederick Austin: Circus caravan, Leceister, circa 1921 - on Art WW I

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Frederick Austin:
Circus caravan, Leceister, circa 1921
Unmounted (ref: 5539)

Signed and dated
Pencil
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (13.3 x 19.4 cm)

Frederick Austin was born in Leicester and studied at Leicester School of Art and at Royal College of Art under Malcolm Osborne, William Rothenstein and Randolph Schwabe, 1924-7. He won the Prix de Rome for engraving won in 1927. This early drawing is likely to be a scene observed in his home town of Leicester.