Old Houses Gloucester Street

Etching, 1920s, Great Britain.
Image: 7 1/4 x 9 3/4″
Paper: 10 x 15″
Excellent condition.

Inventory Number: 10347
Pencil signed by artist.
Old houses and construction.

Hanslip Fletcher was an etcher, illustrator and painter that specialized in architectural studies of London and elsewhere. Born and raised in London, Fletcher was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School and later became a member of the Art Workers’ Guild. His architectural drawings appeared in newspapers including the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times. He published several books of his illustrations including: “Oxford and Cambridge Delineated”, 1909; “Changing London”, 1924; “Bombed London – 38 Drawings of Historic Buildings Damaged During the Bombing of London”, 1947.