Menpes - On the way to Cairo
Etching. C1915. 138mm by 190mm (platemark). Signed in pencil below the image. The number '441' inscribed in pencil in lower margin.
Menpes was an artist and engraver, author, printmaker and illustrator. He was born in Port Adelaide, South Australia. Menpes moved to London in 1875 and became a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (RE)in 1881. Menpes traveled widely and executed many etchings of where he traveled.Annotated 'Cairo' in lower margin." Item #247
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