Item #107847 A series of eight original portrait illustrations by the Australian artist Stuart Wade in 1942-43. Stuart E. WADE.
A series of eight original portrait illustrations by the Australian artist Stuart Wade in 1942-43
A series of eight original portrait illustrations by the Australian artist Stuart Wade in 1942-43
A series of eight original portrait illustrations by the Australian artist Stuart Wade in 1942-43
WADE, Stuart E. (1892-1951)

A series of eight original portrait illustrations by the Australian artist Stuart Wade in 1942-43

They feature influential Second World War personalities, including Churchill, Eisenhower, MacArthur, Montgomery, Smuts and Stalin. The portraits, in black and white ink and with numerous engraved lines, are done directly on 'Wade Half-Tone Board' (each one 345 x 230 mm), a product invented by the artist offering 'Combined Line and High-Light Half-Tones at Ordinary Line Etching Costs!' (quoting from a trade catalogue for the material, published by Wade in 1939).

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