Description

Description: This soft-ground etching is typical of Simpson’s output documenting scenes in rural Scotland. It is titled and signed in graphite in the lower margin: “Somme Hayboat Jackson Simpson”. There is also an initialled blindstamp: “JS”.

Henry Jackson Simpson (1893-1963) was born in Aberdeen and studied at Gray’s School of Art. He painted and etched Scottish landscapes and hunting and fishing subjects.

Platemark size: 4 3/4″ x 7 1/2″. Printed on a 9″ x 11″ sheet of wove paper. Item #PR00566

Condition: Lightly toned at mat window, hinging tape on verso. Generally good condition.