{"product_id":"william-strang-ra-self-portrait-original-etching-published-in-pan-1896","title":"William Strang RA, Self-Portrait — original etching, published in PAN, 1896","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Strang RA, Self-Portrait — original etching, published in PAN, the legendary German Art Nouveau journal (Berlin, 1895-1900) in 1896.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Scottish painter-etcher William Strang (1859–1921), looking straight back at you — moustache curled, etching needle in hand, caught at his own work. Strang was one of the great figures of the etching revival: he portrayed Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson, and was elected Royal Academician shortly before his death. Here, in the manner of Rembrandt, he turned the needle on himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned and dated in the plate, W.Strang.95. This impression was published in 1896 in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the celebrated Berlin Art Nouveau journal that tipped original prints by artists including Toulouse-Lautrec and Käthe Kollwitz into its pages. An original etching printed from Strang’s plate during his lifetime — not a reproduction — with the plate mark present and the letterpress \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e caption beneath the image. Related self-portrait etchings by Strang are held by the British Museum and the National Galleries of Scotland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome 130 years old, on good wove paper, in fine condition. Presented in a painted wooden frame under a wide mount.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions.  43 cm by 36 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wattle\u0026Daub","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57051362328954,"sku":"7775","price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/wattleanddaubhome.co.uk\/products\/william-strang-ra-self-portrait-original-etching-published-in-pan-1896","provider":"Wattle and Daub Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}