Marcus Stone Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"My Lady Is A Widow And Childless"
Title: My Lady Is A Widow And Childless
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 16 x 22 in | Image Size: 12 x 18 in
Edition | Medium: Each print is hand numbered, accompanied by a certificate signed by the Master Printer and is numbered to match the print. The editions are limited to 1880 copies. |
This Gouttelette print on paper is published with light-fast inks to BS1006 Standard onto acid-free calcium carbonate buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton and sourced from environmentally conscious paper suppliers. This product is exclusive to Rosenstiels.
About the Art: Superior Edition
About the Artist:
Marcus Stone, born in 1840, was the son of the printer Frank Stone, who turned to art after an early career in his father's cotton-spinning business.
Marcus Stone, a historical genre painter and illustrator, studied under his father. He was a close friend of Charles Dickens and as a young man illustrated the original editions of Great Expectations and Our Mutual Friend. After considerable work as an illustrator, he chose to specialise in sentimental paintings with enigmatic titles which, like so many Victorian paintings, were designed to tell a tale.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1858 and also at the Royal Institute of Painters in Oils and at many other galleries nationwide. He became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1876 and a Royal Academician in 1886.
Stone painted mainly genre scenes set in the 18th century or in which his subjects wore Empire costume. The themes are usually dramatic, sentimental or humorous.
He died in 1921.
