By George Belcher
London: Alston Rivers, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8] 80 : title page signed by the artist and numbered 130 of 200 : tipped in plate to title page : illustrated throughout : re-backed : blue cloth boards with blind stamped double border and gilt lettering.
Corner and edges of boards rubbed and cloth a little frayed; some bubbling to upper board; bookseller's sticker and stamp to front e.p.s.; toning and foxing to e.p.s.; first and last few pages foxed. Good. Item #3933
George Belcher was an etcher and painter, primarily of genre, sporting subjects and still life. After studying at Gloucester School of Art he drew for the Punch Almanac from 1906 and for Punch itself regularly from 1911, as well as for The Tatler and Vanity Fair. Belcher exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1909, was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1931 and a Royal Academician in 1946. - National Portrait Gallery.
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