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Artworks
Star-wheel Etching Press, around 1875-1909
From the RSA Collection (Gifted by Peacock Printmakers and Arthur Watson PPRSA, 2017)This press was owned by E S Lumsden RSA (1883-1948) - author of The Art of Etching (1924). Lumsden passed it to Ian Fleming RSA (1906-94), going with him to...This press was owned by E S Lumsden RSA (1883-1948) - author of The Art of Etching (1924). Lumsden passed it to Ian Fleming RSA (1906-94), going with him to Hospitalfield in Arbroath, and Gray's School of Art and Peacock Printmakers in Aberdeen. As a great friend of Fleming's, Wilson would have known of this press, even if we don't know for sure if he ever used it.32of 32