Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe

1901 – 1979

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Hercules and the Boar c.1925/1931

Original etching.

A particularly strong proof impression from the artist’s own private collection.

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Canadas in Cheshire 1939

Original wood engraving.

Excellent signed proof impression, printed by the artist himself.

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The Sheep Doctors 1928

Original etching.

Brilliant early trial proof impression, prior to the only published edition (75 impressions).

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Christmas Chickens 1927

Original etching.

Excellent impression from the only edition of 75 signed and numbered proofs.

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The Fruit of the Tree 1931

Original etching.

Excellent signed proof impression from the only published edition, printed with plate tone in the upper sky area.

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The Flight from Eden 1931-32

Original etching.

Outstanding signed proof impression from the artist’s own private collection, aside from the normal edition. An exceptionally rich impression printed with plate tone, unlike the published edition for which impressions almost clean wiped.

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Samson and the Lion 1930

Original etching with alterations by the artist in crayon.

Unique working proof impression, worked up by the artist with dark crayon
in the areas of grass either side of Sampson’s left leg. Signed twice by the artist in pencil and crayon. An exceptionally rich working proof impression, printed with tone,
from the artist’s own private collection.

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To the Slaughter 1925-26

Original etching.

Excellent, strong impression with clear etched line. From the only edition of 75 signed and numbered proofs.
Tunnicliffe’s most powerful farmyard subject.

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It was through his brilliant etched works that Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe’s skill as an artist was first publicly recognised. Even while still a student, his first etchings were seized upon by the highly respected art critic, Malcolm Salaman, who immediately undertook to arrange their publication. C.F.Tunnicliffe went on to produce a body of nearly 100 etched works over the following decade, almost all of which reflect the English farming countryside to which he had been born. Charles Tunnicliffe’s plates are fresh, accomplished and original, and the scenes which he portrays have become social documents showing a form of rural life that has now all but disappeared. [more]