Frederick Carter Woodcut Circa.1920

Frederick Carter Woodcut Circa.1920Frederick Carter A. R. E 1883 1967 Woodcut Circa. 1920. Provenance: John Gawsworth (The King of Redonda). 8 by 6 cms. Carter was a painter and etcher born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He abandoned an early career as a surveyor and engineer to study art in Paris and London, where he learnt his etching techniques under Frank Short. He exhibited at the RA, ROI, NEAC and was elected ARE in 1912. His artistic life before and after the World War I was centred

Monogrammed and dated 1804

Decorated with A

In mount overall

To further his ambition to succeed as a history painter he travelled and studied in Italy but portraiture remained his principal employment

and 13 respectively

Graphite on wove paper

etcher and designer Erlund (also known as Eleanor) Hudson was born in south Devon in 1911

Executed on buff laid paper

"Decoration" The rare original etching titled signed and numbered by the artist 1/55

presumably from an album or collection of works intended to have been engraved

Spanish School late 18th

Provenance (by repute) the artists son George Repton