Venetian Nocturne Bookplates

Sir Claude Francis Barry was exhibiting paintings with the Royal Academy in London by the time he was twenty-three. In the 1920s and 1930s he moved throughout Europe, concentrating on etchings. These precise yet atmospheric works won awards in France and Italy._x000D_
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Venetian Nocturne, c. 1938, by Sir Claude Francis Barry, RBA (English, 1883–1970)_x000D_
Etching, 54.5 x 51 cm (217⁄16 x 201⁄16 in.)