Barnett's veterans - They also serve...
Maker
(artist)
1860-1942
(etcher)
1860-1942
1860-1942
(etcher)
1860-1942
Title
Barnett's veterans - They also serve...
Date of Production
1920
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 13.8 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1935.SC.43
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This etching depicts a row of horse-drawn cabs belonging to the firm of Barnett’s, stationed at the fish market in Dieppe. The subtitle refers to Milton’s sonnet ‘On his blindness’ (‘They also serve who only stand and wait’). Sickert was a frequent visitor to the French town and often sketched such everyday scenes. Transferred from a preparatory drawing to the copper etching plate, this work maintains a sense of spontaneity as if capturing a fleeting moment observed on the street.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Print Room Display - Inscriptions, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 23/02/2017-01/06/2017
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscribed : signed and dated : recto & on plate & lower left : : Sickert, 1920
Inscription: inscribed : signed and dated in pencil : recto & below plate & lower right : : Sickert
Inscription: inscribed : title : recto & lower left : : They also serve ...
Inscription: inscribed : signed and dated in pencil : recto & below plate & lower right : : Sickert
Inscription: inscribed : title : recto & lower left : : They also serve ...
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