Wood-engraving
paper size: 9 x 6 1/2 in. (22.8 x 16.5 cm)
image size: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 9 cm)
Tags: Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe R.A. engraving print TOP 100 1.Master Designs 1.master prints Slade Garden Museum
Provenance: Private Collection
The engravings have been printed from Tunnicliffe's original blocks by Nicolas McDowall with kind permission of the Tunnicliffe Estate.
Charles Tunnicliffe’s upbringing on a small farm in Cheshire instilled in him a deep appreciation of nature and the countryside. As a youth he spent hours sketching all aspects of farm life. His prodigious talent was quickly recognised and resulted in a scholarship to the local Macclesfield School of Art and later, to the Royal College in London. Here he studied etching under Sir Frank Short and Malcolm Osborne
