Artist: Walter Bird (British, 1903 - 1969). Title: "Votive". Medium: Original vintage photoetching. Date: Composed 1938. Printed 1938. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (295 x 241 mm). Image size: 10 13/16 x 8 7/8 in. (275 x 225 mm). Lot Note(s): Signature stamp, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Comment(s): Photoetchings are similar to photogravures/relief etchings. Bird and his contemporaries used this technique as a medium for original expression, rather than as a method of reproduction. Image copyright © Estate of Walter Bird. [21103-2-225]