THEODORE BLAKE WIRGMAN (1848-1925) Antique Original SIGNED Victorian ENGRAVING

Artist: THEODORE BLAKE WIRGMAN (British, 1848 - 1925). Title: "The Marquis of Salisbury".

Medium: Original Antique Copper Engraving with Aquatint - 1884. Signature: Signed by the Artist in the plate, as shown. Edition: Publication believed to be 5000. Size: 23 1/2 x 16 inches (total paper). Printer: William Luson Thomas (British, 1830 - 1900).

Note: The influence of The Graphic within the art world was immense; its many admirers included Vincent van Gogh and Hubert von Herkomer. Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts. Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 - 16 January 1925) was a British painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy Schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic. A number of these portraits are held at the National Portrait Gallery.

Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon. This group was made up of Walter Crane, Robert Bateman, Harry Ellis Wooldridge and Edward Clifford.

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