Lot 8

Private collection, Melbourne

King, R., Hall Thorpe Coloured Woodcuts, Print Room Press, Sydney 1980, cat. no. 9, p. 36 (illus., another impression)

"This woodcut is printed entirely from woodblocks cut by the artist. In the production of each subject a number of blocks are required, a separate one being cut for the printing of each colour in the picture. They are printed under the supervision of the artist, and each block with its colour is superimposed onto the paper, until the finished result is obtained. The blocks are made of sycamore, maple, or boxwood." (label verso)

Other impressions of this print are held in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa; and The British Museum, London.