£220
The Shorthorn bull, circa 1940
Unmounted (ref: 8981)
Wood-engraving
Image size 9 x 12 in. (22.8 x 30.5 cm)
paper size: 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (31.8 x 39.3 cm)
Tags: Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe R.A. engraving print woodcut animals
Tags: Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe R.A. engraving print woodcut animals
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