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Presentation: Unframed
SN: 294
Original wood-block (engraved by W.M.R. Quick), together with an original wood-cut,
signed in pencil 5½ × 4¾ in. (14 × 12 cm.)
Provenance: the artist’s estate
Literature: catalogue in preparation by Richard Grenville Clark (no. 16.10)

The Bride was published in the folio Eighteen Drawings (Twyn Barlwn Press, London,1937), in a limited edition of twenty.
We are grateful to Michael Campbell for assistance.
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Presentation: Framed
SN: 3046
Wood engraving on paper
Carter's woodblock has been framed with an original print signed by the artist
Block: 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (9.5 x 11.5 cm.)
Print: 5 x 5 3/4 in. (12.5 x 14.5 cm.)
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Presentation: Framed
SN: 3054
Wood engraving
Block and print framed together
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Presentation: Framed
SN: 3060
Etching
Copper plate cleaned, restored and framed with posthumous print on verso side
Copper plate: 8 x 5 1/4 in. (20,3 x 13,3 cm.)
Print: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (29 x 21 cm.) (Arches paper 250 g/mÂ²)

A small number of prints have been pulled from the original copper plate on Arches paper (250 g/mÂ²)

Thumbnail panels:

Frederick Carter 1883 - 1967

Painter and etcher born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He abandoned an early career as a surveyor and engineer but studied art in Paris, 1904, Antwerp, 1909-10 and London 1908-11, where he learnt his etching techniques under Frank Short. He showed at the RA, ROI, NEAC and was elected ARE in 1912. His artistic life before and after the World War I was centred around the Fitzroy Street area of London, and the Dieppe restaurant in Dean Street. He became a mystic symbolist artist, involved with Aleister Crowley and worked on illustrations for D.H. Lawrence's Apocalypse. He was also a friend of Austin Osmond Spare and helped with his theories of automatic drawing. From 1922 he taught etching at Liverpool School of Art and during the 1930's he abandon printmaking for writing but continued to paint until the late 1950's. His work is in the collections of the BM and V&A. A retrospective exhibition was held at the 20th Century Gallery, Fulham, London, 1998. Richard Grenville Clark's 1998 publication Frederick Carter A.R.G. 1883-1967. A Study of his Etchings catalogues the artist's output and examines each period of his career and techniques.