A print of the Church of St. Lawrence, Winchester by Wilfred Ball, 1910
a book plate from the 1910 publication Winchester by Rev. Telford Varley, illustrated by Wilfred Ball.
14 x 9.5 cm.
Wilfred Ball (1853 - 1917) started off as an accountant but took classes in his spare time at the Heatherly School of Art in Chelsea and was exhibiting works in London by 1877. In 1881 his works were praised by James Abbott McNeill Whistler who he subsequently worked with. Over the next two decades he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. He became President of the Society of British Artists in 1886. He was also a member of The Arts Club from 1896 until 1916. He died on the 14th of February 1917 of heat exhaustion in Khartoum whilst working as an administrator for the British Army.
type: Prints by: Trusty Servant Antiques
