Catalogue of old master and other drawings ..
This is an 1920 auction catalogue of old master and other drawings, issued in London by the firm Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge for buyers and collectors of works on paper. The plates are photographic reproductions of paintings and drawings, including a seated older bearded man in a dark coat, a courtly scene of a woman in a long white gown with a companion, a sepia figure group of a cloaked figure beside a horse, and a dim interior with a reclining figure and white drapery. A designer can take from them the tonal range of sepia photogravure, with soft shadows, strong dark backgrounds and vignetted portrait framing.
