“A Breton Beggar” original etching drypoint on cream laid paper. Etched work (image) measures 8.50 by 5.50 inches with good margins. Published in “The Portfolio”, 1883, signed in the plate and is in good condition.Mortimer Luddington Menpes (February 22, 1855 Port Adelaide, South Australia — April 1, 1938 Pangbourne), was a war artist and engraver, author, printmaker and illustrator. Menpes was born at Port Adelaide on 22 February 1855, the second son of property developer James Menpes, who with his wife, Ann, had settled in Australia in 1839.Mortimer Menpes “A Breton Beggar” original etching drypoint on cream laid paper. Etched work (image) measures 8.50 by 5.50 inches with good margins. Published in “The Portfolio”, 1883, signed in the plate and in good condition.

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