Charles W. Cain (1893-1962). Signed 45/78 ltd original etching. Tigris River Scene, Iraq, c. 1926.

Beautiful condition original etching hand numbered 48 of only 75 and hand signed Charles W. Cain, an artist with South African connection but justly most famous for his Eastern scenes.

Etching is 26 x 64 cm and frame is 53 x 70 cm.

Useful for interior design, evokes a mood. Especially in this condition.

Postnet to Postnet is R199.

Overseas enquiries welcome although I would have to send without the frame and glass.

Charles William Cain [1893-1962] A student of Camberwell School of Art and then an illustrator cartoonist for the Johannesburg Star until WWI when he joined the Border Regiment in India and Mesopotamia until Armistice, and entered the Royal College of Art under Frank Short 1920-1. During the 1920's and 1930's Cain produced seventy-four original etchings and engravings, all published in London by Greatorex. The large majority of his prints deal with scenes in Iraq, Persia, Indian and Burma and Cain developed a strong reputation as a major Orientalist printmaker. Today, a large collection of Charles W. Cain's drypoints will be found at the British Museum, London.