Coffee stall
Primary Artist
Weaver Hawkins (1893–1977)
Title
Date made
1921
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
19.2 x 22.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
25.6 x 34.4 cm (sheet)
State
1st state, before completion of background
Impression
proof
Edition information
edition of 40
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'HWH'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st state'. Inscribed lower centre edge, black pencil, 'Coffee Stall'.
Subject description
Street scene of men at a coffee stall at night with two drunken women nearby, London.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1293
Accession number
94.1459
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1994/95 (1994-12-14)
Provenance
Macquarie Galleries. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Stephen Scheding, Sydney, December 1994; One of a group of 12 prints purchased from Scheding Collection.
Credit line
Purchased 1994
Copyright
The Estate of H.F Weaver Hawkins
Subject category
mobile coffee stall
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Hawkins, Weaver. | (1893–1977) English | Male | artist