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And Z for Zoologist
Nicholson, William Newzam Prior, 1898, Wood cut
And Z for Zoologist
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Item no
23671
Title
And Z for Zoologist
Description
A man is viewed from the side sitting forward in a wooden chair. He wears a long dark coat and has dark hair with a receding hairline. He is studing a book which is open at an illustration of a skeleton of a mammal.
Reproduced by kind permission of (c) Desmond Banks.
Artist / maker
Nicholson, William Newzam Prior
Date
1898
Size
24.5 x 19.5 cm
Type
Wood cut
Location
Art and Design Library
'An Alphabet', a series of woodcut prints, was executed by William Nicholson in 1897 and published in 1898. The first image in the series of alphabet illustrations is in fact, a self portrait of the artist. At the age of 25, Nicholson self-deprecatingly said he 'was an Artist'. Of the series, A and D were the pieces submitted for approval by William Heinemann. Each woodblock was valued at £5, and 6p for each of the impressions which were hand-coloured.
Along with a woodcut of Queen Victoria made in 1897, 'An Alphabet' served to establish Nicholson's public reputation as an artist. He went on, after 1900, to concentrate on portrait and landscape painting, but his work as a printmaker continues to be highly regarded.
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An Alphabet by William Nicholson
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