Robert Sargent Austin

Prints Robert Sargent Austin (British, 1895-1973) Donkeys of Selva (Island of Majorca) (D. 78), 1928 Engraving on laid paper, signed in pencil and dated, initialed in the plate, from the edition of 75, with margins, in good condition aside from light staining, specks of foxing throughout, brown tape remains along upper sheet edge verso, not framed. 5 1/4 x 6 1/2in sheet 7 7/8 x 10 1/2in

Prints Robert Sargent Austin (British, 1895-1973) Donkeys of Selva (Island of Majorca) (D. 78), 1928 Engraving on laid paper, signed in pencil and dated, initialed in the plate, from the edition of 75, with margins, in good condition aside from light staining, specks of foxing throughout, brown tape remains along upper sheet edge verso, not framed. 5 1/4 x 6 1/2in sheet 7 7/8 x 10 1/2in

Robert Sargent Austin (1895-1973) Seated figure etching, on wove paper, signed in pencil, apparently in goodcondition, unexamined out of the frame, P. 290 x 218 mm. togetherwith works by Rowland R Gill, John Buckland Wright, MuirheadBone, George Henry Rushbury, D.I. Smart and Alfred RBlundell and six others (14)

Robert Sargent Austin RA RWS RE 1895-1973- Beggers; line engraving with etching; signed and 24 within the plate and in pencil, 23x20cm: together with other 19/20th century prints after various hands, to include examples after Theophile Steinlen 1859-1923, After Paul Cesar Hellu and others, (a lot) (unframed) Note: Austin, born in Leicester, studied at Leicester School of Art and at the Royal College of Art, London, where he was awarded a scholarship to the British School of Rome in 1922. Austin was an associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, becoming President in 1962; he also became president of Royal Watercolour Society (1956). He taught at the Royal College of Art. Plus Vat on hammer price

etching, 1922, on laid, with margins, signed, titled and inscribed '4th state' in pencil; faint foxing, 160 x 225mm (6 1/4 x 8 3/4in)(pl) together with two further etchings by the same hand 'cowherd' and 'a woman preying' and augustus john 'fruit sellers d' (campbell dodgson 89) each signed in pencil, (4) (unframed)