Walter Richard Sickert
, British, 1860-1942
Title
Noctes AmbrosianaeDate1906
MediumEtching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.8 x 39.2 cm
Plate: 22.2 x 25.3 cm
Credit LinePresented, The Sickert Trust, 1947
Terms
- 2nd State
Object numberNGI.11438
DescriptionSickert's activity as a printmaker spanned almost fifty years, during which time he produced some 230 etchings. He became known for his depictions of so-called low-brow entertainement, such as this view of the gallery of the Middlesex Music Hall in London. Sickert's unorthodox technical experiments with printmaking were guided by his interest in the depiction of light. The use of aquatint in Noctes Ambrosianae transforms the music hall scene into a semi-abstract pattern of light and dark. This print is one of sixteen impressions printed posthumously by David Strang for the Sickert Trust between 1945 and 1947.