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Birmingham Tram Conductor
Robert Ball
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
8in h x 8in w
etching on paper
£250 framed
Item number 1008
A Birmingham tram conductor wears with pride his ticket punching machine and his tram conductors hat A fine portrait etching of Mr. Everett a tram conductor. The body is sketched in very loosely thereby concentrating on the facial features. The technique, first used by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst and typical of etchings produced in the 1930s by British etchers, places the emphasis of the work on the head and face of the sitter and not the body. Here we have magnificent shading and toning around the sitters face in contrast to the minimal lined work to the body.
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| About the artist
Born: 1918
Painter and etcher who was born in Birmingham. He won an exhibition to the RCA in 1941 where he gained many prizes. His etching of Mr Everitt the Tram Conductor is in Birmingham's City art gallery. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of British Artists and is an Associate of The Royal West of England Academy. More biographical material is available at http://www.rwa.org.uk/rball.htm
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| Product type |
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print - final |
| Date of work |
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1936 |
| How we know the date |
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dated |
| The last owner of the work |
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acquired from the artist's studio |
| How we know who the artist is |
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signed |
| How we know the subject |
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inscribed |
| School of painting |
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Modern British |
| Style of painting |
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Representational |
| Approach |
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portrait true-to-life |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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8 x 8 |
| Condition of work |
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very good |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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believed never exhibited |
| Quantity available |
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1 |
| Edition of |
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16 of unknown |
| Item number |
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1008 |
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below are the keywords we have used. 
print - final, etching, paper, Birmingham Tram Conductor, A Birmingham tram conductor wears with pride his ticket punching machine and his tram conductors hat, A fine portrait etching of Mr. Everett a tram conductor. The body is sketched in very loosely thereby concentrating on the facial features. The technique, first used by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst and typical of etchings produced in the 1930s by British etchers, places the emphasis of the work on the head and face of the sitter and not the body. Here we have magnificent shading and toning around the sitters face in contrast to the minimal lined work to the body., , 00.00.1936, Modern British, Representational, portrait, true-to-life, seated, Birmingham, ticket machine, grey |
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