29TH OF MAY IT WAS A GLORIOUS DAY 1914 James Dobie - Charles W. Bartlett ETCHING

Original circa 1914 12 1/8 inch x 9 1/2 inch Etching titled THE 29TH OF MAY IT WAS A GLORIOUS DAY, WHEN THE KING DID ENJOY HIS OWN AGAIN.

The title comes from Walter Scott’s “Woodstock”.
Two male Puritans walking down the street being laughed at by locals seated outside an inn. A Roundhead is seen in the background. The date refers to the English Restoration when Charles II was returned to the throne on 29th May 1660.

Signed in the plate.

Etched by James Dobie (1849 - c.1911). Etcher of landscapes and genre born in Edinburgh, worked near London, exhibited etchings at the Royal Academy from 1885 to 1911.

After Charles W. Bartlett (1860 - 1940). Charles Bartlett began his education with the intention of becoming a chemist, but switched to fine art, enrolling at the Academy of Art in London at the age of twenty-three. From there he went to Paris to further his studies at the Academie Julian. After he lost his wife and infant son in childbirth, the artist spent a year travelling in Europe with fellow artist Frank Brangwyn. It was at this time that his work maintained a focus on the daily lives of peasant women and children, and began to hone his watercolor and drawing techniques.

From “Modern Etching and Engraving: With Examples by Leading Artists” by Basil Hansard published as part works by Virtue & Co., 7 City Garden Row, City Road, London circa 1914

Image size 10 1/4 inch x 6 3/4 inch

The etching, on thick wove paper, is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.