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Title: War time art work by Fred May . . . Post by: Neil on June 04, 2010, 10:23:08 AM Thought some of you may be interested in a recent purchase of mine. I bought five pieces by Fred May the other day who worked for Tatler magazine until his death in 1976. During the First World War he served as an officer in the trenches until 1917 and became a famous characteurist with several pieces in the National Gallery..
The original drawing are large A3 + proof sheets for use in Tatler and contain all the foot notes made by Fred regarding sizeing etc. They date from 1937 through to 1940 and include characteurs of the officers of a Commando Unit, Royal Artillary unit, a Welsh Regiment and an officers mess. Just need to get them framed up now. Cheers Neil Title: Re: War time art work by Fred May . . . Post by: Kev on June 04, 2010, 10:58:48 AM nice little bit of history those Neil, and will be great when you get them framed ;)
Title: Re: War time art work by Fred May . . . Post by: Neil on July 31, 2010, 12:56:00 AM Just got them back from the framers Kev and they have done a fantastic job. I'll add the photos tomorrow once they are hung - really pleased with them.
Neil Title: Re: War time art work by Fred May . . . Post by: nobby on July 31, 2010, 06:35:25 AM are they water colours or prints neil?
as an amature antiqueist interested in this sort of thing Rob |