Geoffrey Dawson (1874-1944)
after Frances Amicia de Biden Footner (1874 - 1961)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and wood
Measurements
490 x 362 mm
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22189.1
Summary
A photogravure of head and shoulders of a man looking to the left. Signed beneath drawing Geoffrey Dawson / by / FA de Biden Footner. Glazed black painted wooden frame with plywood backplate. Paper label on back reads; WELBECK 5956 / FRANCIS and CO / Picture Frame Maker and Gilders / 25 HIGH STREET , MARYLEBONE / London.W.1. Geoffrey Dawson (originally George Geoffry Robinson) was newspaper editor of The Times from 1912 until 1919 and later 1923 to 1941. He worked in the Colonial Service under Lord Milner in South Africa. Dawson corresponded with Canon and Mrs Crawley (Canon of Windsor) whose letters are in the care of the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Mrs Crawley, née Anstice Katherine Gibbs (1881-1963), was the sixth of Antony Gibbs' ten children.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
after Frances Amicia de Biden Footner (1874 - 1961) , artist Francis and Co, framemaker Francis and Co, gilder