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| GEORGE SOPER R.E. 1870 - 1942 George
Soper is renowned for his watercolours ,etchings and woodcuts
of heavy horses, farm labourers and rural scenes in the early
1900's. He portrays rural life in all it's harshness of the
era. His eye for detail is quite staggering, his etchings are
considered some of the finest of his time. He
studied etching under Sir Frank Short in 1905, and was a regular
exhibitor at the Royal Acedemy. He was also a full member of
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The
Plough Woodcut.
1933. 9.5 x 12.9 cm £ 140 |
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The Plough Drypoint. 1921. 10 x 14.12 cm. Signed.
£ 150 |
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Harrowing Drypoint. 1919. 14 x 24.4 cm. Signed. £ 180 |
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Timber Hauling, Devon Drypoint. 1919. 14.9 x 27.7 cm. Signed £ 225 |
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The Rickyard Etching c.1912 17.9 x 28.3 cm £ 110 |
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Turning into a Field Etching and drypoint c.1921 11.5 x 18cm (laid) cm £ 110 |
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Carting Seaweed Drypoint (laid) c.1922 19.6 x 29.9 cm £180 |
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Gathering Seaweed in a Cave 2 Aquatint c. 1922 (laid) 18.4 x 26 cm £ 125 |
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Mangles Etching c.1918 12.6 x 20.1 cm £ 120 |
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Old Linhays, Dunsford, Devon Etching c.1919 16 x 21.2 cm £ 95 |
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The Quarry Team Drypoint .1922. 19.9 x 31.1 cm. £ 185
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Daisy Drypoint. 1918. 13.6 x 13.6 cm. Signed. £ 180 |
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