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Malcolm Osborne

British, 1880–1963

WA-00046452

Frome, UK

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Malcolm Osborne was a British printmaker working in intaglio, a medium he employed to render landscapes, urban views, and portraiture with precise tonal control. Active in the early twentieth century and based in Frome, his prints demonstrate a sustained commitment to hand-pulled techniques at a moment when reproductive methods were displacing traditional craft practices. His work captures both rural and metropolitan subjects with equal technical refinement.

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The Goose Fair, Albi

1929 · Etching with aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 27 × 35.1 cm (10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 45.5 cm (13 9/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sir Edward George Clarke

1926 · Drypoint in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 27.9 × 22.8 cm (11 × 9 in.); Sheet: 43.7 × 34 cm (17 1/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nathaniel Sparks

1921 · Drypoint in black on cream laid paper

Image: 23 × 20.7 cm (9 1/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Plate: 23.9 × 20.8 cm (9 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.7 cm (15 × 11 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Terrace Garden, Stirling Castle

1913 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Toilers of Tower Bridge

drypoint

Sheet: 24.8 x 41.6 cm (9 3/4 x 16 3/8 in.); Platemark: 14.8 x 30.8 cm (5 13/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Terrace Garden, Stirling Castle
1913 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Toilers of Tower Bridge
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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