Mabel Oliver Rae (1868-1956)

Kings College Cambridge from the Meadow (c.1920)

27 x 39.5 cm

Etching

Unmounted

Mabel Oliver Rae was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1888 and 1890. Rae is known for her skilled etchings of various rural scenes and townscapes, particularly those of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. She signed works with the pseudonym ‘M.Oliver Rae’, a ruse to conceal the fact she was a female artist, so as not to reduce her chances with commercial dealers and agents.

Condition: Generally very good. Mount burn to edges which will be hidden under a new mount. Tiny spot to bottom right margin below tree as visible.