1945 Photogravure Fighting Men Study Sketch Raphael Nude Renaissance XAN1 XME7 London Scottish

London Scottish

This is an original 1873 black and white in-text wood engraving of an illustration by Sir Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922) that depicts scenes from the annual Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race that was held along the River Thames in London

John Hardwicke

This piece was illustrated by Florian

1945 Photogravure Fighting Men Study Sketch Raphael Nude Renaissance XAN1 XME7 London ScottishThis is an original 1945 black and white photogravure of a leadpoint study of men fighting. Leadpoint is a medium of drawing where the artist uses a metal tipped lead drawing tool to create drawings. Raphael was a painter and architect of the High Renaissance period. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. CONDITION This 66+ year old Item is rated