Vintage Prints : Regional Antique Prints Yorkshire [Biography]

Regional Antique Prints Yorkshire

Few early Woodblock, steel and copper engravings

These prints date from about 1900 to 1920 before the car changed our towns and villages for ever. the introduction of full colour printing around 1900 enabled for the first time the reproduction of the subtle tints and tones of original paintings.

Ernest William Haslehust (12 Nov 1866 - 3 July 1949). He was a prolific painter of British landscapes in watercolour and is perhaps best remembered for illustrating 36 volumes of the well-known "Beautiful England" series of travel books published by Blackie

Gordon Cochrane Home (25 July 1878 – 13 Dec 1969) was an English landscape artist, writer and illustrator.

Home was born in London. He worked as an art editor at The Tatler , "The King" and later at the publishers A & C Black. He served as a Major in the Army from 1914-1920 in France and North Africa, and later travelled widely in North Africa

Home worked mainly in watercolour and pen and ink and frequently exhibited at the RA. He wrote and illustrated many travel and history books.