Frank Brangwyn, “The Recruitment”, 1917

Frank Brangwyn (also known as Sir Frank William Brangwyn) (1867–1956)

“The Recruitment” or “Le Recrutement” (as inscribed in lower margin), also known as “The Crimp”, 1917

Technical Details & Condition:

Lithograph on fine buff laid paper with wide margins. The print is signed in the plate at the lower right and hand-signed with a pencil monogram (presumably by the artist) at the lower right corner.

This lithograph was produced as part of the Ministry of Information’s portfolio “Britain’s Efforts and Ideals”, designed to showcase various aspects of the war effort, from industrial work to the realities of military enlistment. The depicted recruiting sergeant is called a “crimp,” a term referring to coercive tactics—such as intimidation, trickery, or force—used to procure recruits for the armed forces, a practice also known as “shanghaiing.”

The impression is richly inked and well-printed. Aside from a few minor surface marks and pencil notations, the large sheet is in excellent condition, free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 71.5 x 57.3 cm
• Image borderline: 54.5 x 47 cm

Price & Shipping:

AU$363 (approximately US$250.66 / €216.67 / £189.27), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this large, museum-quality lithograph, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will be happy to provide a PayPal invoice for a smooth and secure purchase.

Frank Brangwyn’s woodcut, “London Docks”, 1919

Frank Brangwyn (aka Sir Frank William Brangwyn) (1867–1956)

“London Docks” (descriptive title only), 1919, woodcut on fine Japanese paper, published in an edition of 230 copies in Paris by Helleu et Sergent as an illustration to Emile Verhaeren’s (1855-1916) “Les Villes Tentaculaires” (Sprawling Cities).

Note that the central figures in the foreground also feature in Brangwyn’s lithograph, “London Docks with St Pauls”.

Size: (sheet) 29.1 x 23 cm; (image borderline) 16.7 x 13.3 cm.

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression in pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this simply magnificent woodcut showing dock workers handling cargo—note how the artist has been able to incorporate an almost seamless transition from black to white lines in the rendering of the centre foreground figure—for the total cost of AU$195 (currently US$134.98/EUR125.95/GBP112.45 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this incredible woodcut—possibly a proof impression based on the absence of binding marks—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold

Sir Frank Brangwyn's etching, “Gerber”, 1909,

Sir Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)

“Gerber” (aka “The Tanner”), 1909, published in “Die Graphischen Künste” (The Graphic Arts) by Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst (Society for Duplicating Arts) in Vienna and printed by K. K. Hof- und Staaatdruckerei (previously The Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House) in 1909.

Etching with plate tone on cream wove paper with full margins (as published) and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 38.2 x 28.2 cm; (plate) 19.8 x 13.3 cm.

Letterpress printed publication details along the lower edge of the margin: (left) “FRANK BRANGWYN, GERBER. ORIGINALERADIERUNG.”; (Right) “DRUCK DER K. K. HOF- UND STAATSDRUCKEREI, WIEN.”

Condition: richly-inked impression with wide margins in near pristine condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or handling marks). The sheet is laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this graphically strong etching by Brangwyn—one of the most famous printmakers from the last century—for a total cost of AU$280 (currently US$190.72/EUR172.39/GBP147.58 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in purchasing this darkly glowing and confidently executed etching by a true master of printmaking, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.