Problem with my etchings :-)

[wolf63]

Can anyone help me?

I volunteer in a charity shop and we were lucky enough to receive a donation of a set of drawings/etchings by a guy called Graham Clilverd. All the pictures are of places like 'the royal college of surgeons' and there are 4 (or is it 5) of them.

Are these things likely to be worth much money? Where should I investigate further?

Thanks

[Jeza]

http://www.easyart.co...ham-Clilverd-909.html

[Baldric]

http://www.worldgalle...raham-Clilverd-1.html

[askyourgran]

I've googled him it would depend on whether they are prints seems to be quite good at drawing http://www.campbell-f...t.com/items.php?id=81

[DTCwordfan]

are they originals, signed prints or just prints? - big differences>

[DTCwordfan]

Normal prints as suggested, an original print around the 100 mark....haven't found a drawing yet.

Makes me wonder what mine are worth!

[wolf63]

Thanks all - I did find the sites that Jeza and Baldric mention (nice pictures!) but as AYG and DTC say it depends on whether they are prints or originals.

They do not appear to be originals, just black and white prints. The picture piece of the paper seems to be at a lower level than the surrounding area - I presumed that meant that something big and heavy had thumped the design on.

I have seen one of the pictures in some National Archive and prints could be downloaded for £10 - I suppose that is the minimum that we could get.

[DTCwordfan]

Background

Clilverd, Graham
(1883 - 1959)
A fine British architectural painter, engraver and etcher, Graham Clilverd studied in London at the Central Arts School. He first exhibited his art around 1906 and by 1910 his paintings were annually shown at such major institutions as the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy and at the Paris Salon. During the First World War, Clilverd served as a camouflage artist (1916-1918).
Graham Clilverd's first published drypoint engravings and etchings date from 1929. During the following eight years he created forty-nine prints dealing with architectural subjects in Britain, Italy, France and Belgium. All were published in London by Jas. Connell & Sons in editions ranging from sixty to one hundred and fifty impressions. Clilverd's great architectural art earned him election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

I would pitch at 30-40 - can always bring the price down, not the other way.

[wolf63]

EACH ?

[DTCwordfan]

yep - depends on condition though - all art guides indicate 25 upwards - if original editions (will poss be numbered, like "58/90"), then a good one is c. 100. http://handcolouring.co.uk/rural.html

[wolf63]

Well that cheered me up. I will email grumpy boss man and tell him and have a thing about how/where to sell when I go in on Friday.

Thanks everybody