Howard Phipps R.W.A., S.W.E.
The Whittington Press, 1985
Linocut
30.7 x 30.5 cm
Numbered 17/20
Signed in pencil, dated, entitled and numbered
Elizabeth Harvey-Lee
£ 275.00
Having studied at Gloucester College of Art, 1971-75, followed by a year postgrad at Brighton, Phipps taught at Plymouth until 1981, when he moved to Salisbury and became an artist...
Having studied at Gloucester College of Art, 1971-75, followed by a year postgrad at Brighton, Phipps taught at Plymouth until 1981, when he moved to Salisbury and became an artist fulltime.
He has a long association with the Whittington Press, near Chelmsford, and has made a number of prints of the historic presses at Whittington. The linocut shows three presses Whittington have had since they began in 1978. Whittington described the subject in 1986. On the right, in the composing room, is the rare Imperial Press, c1830, today only used for proofing; at the left, the Clymet Dixon Columbian Press, 1848, used for printing heavy woodblocks and linocuts; and in the foreground, the Pearl Press, made by Golding & Co in Boston, 1889, used for printing spines. Whittington also have three later presses not visible in this view.
Printed on smooth cream wove.
He has a long association with the Whittington Press, near Chelmsford, and has made a number of prints of the historic presses at Whittington. The linocut shows three presses Whittington have had since they began in 1978. Whittington described the subject in 1986. On the right, in the composing room, is the rare Imperial Press, c1830, today only used for proofing; at the left, the Clymet Dixon Columbian Press, 1848, used for printing heavy woodblocks and linocuts; and in the foreground, the Pearl Press, made by Golding & Co in Boston, 1889, used for printing spines. Whittington also have three later presses not visible in this view.
Printed on smooth cream wove.
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