Sir Frank Short (British, 1857-1945) - Headlights Over the Hill (Seaford), Signed (1927, Mezzotint)

Sir Frank Short - Headlights Over the Hill (Seaford), Signed (1927, Mezzotint). Deep rich black mezzotint of a car headlight coming up over the hill in Seaford at night. Signed in the lower right corner. Housed under glass in a silver leaf frame with archival matte. In very good condition with wear consistent with age. Original label of Charles Sessler Gallery attached en verso. Not inspected out of frame.

Size: 12.75 x 14:5 in

Provenance: private collector in Philadelphia

Sir Frank Short was elected to the Royal Academy in 1911, the same year he was knighted, and served as the R.A.'s Treasurer from 1919-1932. He was also President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Head of the Engraving School of the Royal College of Art, where he taught from 1891-1924.