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Sir Frank Short

Also known as: Sir Frank Short; primary name: Short, Frank
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1857-1945
Biography: Etcher, pupil and successor to Alphonse Legros as head of dept. of engraving at Royal College of Art, retiring in 1924. Gold medals at Paris in 1889 and 1900. ARA 1906; RA 1911, the year he was knighted. President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers 1910-38. Lived at Ditchling, Sussex. The collection of his prints in the Department of Prints and Drawings is almost complete. The main run of smaller plates is arranged according to Strange, and where not catalogued by him, numbers have been allocated in a continuation of the "Strange" sequence.
Bibliography: ODNB E F Strange, 'The etched and engraved work of FS' (London 1908) Martin Hardie, (vol. 1) 'The Liber Studiorum mezzotints of FS after Turner' (London 1938); (vol. 2), 'The mezzotints and aquatints of FS other than the Liber Studiorum', (London 1939); (vol. 3) 'Etchings, dry-points, lithographs by FS' (London 1940) - 399 numbers, consecutive through the three volumes Derek W Allinson (of the Allinson Gallery Inc), forthcoming

750 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1973,0224.17 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Drawn by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1857-1945

drawing

Museum number: 1955,1020.4 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Drawn by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1909

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,1020.3 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Drawn by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1883

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1973,0224.18 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Drawn by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1857-1945

drawing

Museum number: 1973,0224.16 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Drawn by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1857-1945

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1973,0224.19 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Drawn by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1857-1945

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1912,0502.1 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Drawn by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1857-1945

print

Title: Solway Fishers No.2 |
Museum number: 1931,0613.245 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1893

print

Title: The Stork and the Aqueduct The Heron's Pool |
Museum number: 1931,0613.324 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Pan and Syrinx |
Museum number: 1901,0424.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Pan and Syrinx |
Museum number: 1931,0613.329 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1889

print

Title: Pan and Syrinx |
Museum number: 1973,0224.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1889

print

Title: Aesacus and Hesperie |
Museum number: 1931,0613.318 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Fishing Boats |
Museum number: 1931,0613.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:William James Müller |
Production date: 1883

print

Title: Het Brouwerij, Haarlem |
Museum number: 1931,0613.271 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: Noon on the Zuyder Zee The Dijk at Volendam |
Museum number: 1955,1020.15 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: The Dijk Bell |
Museum number: 1913,0219.7 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: Fishing Boats |
Museum number: 1931,0613.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:William James Müller |
Production date: 1883

print

Title: In Port, Volendam |
Museum number: 1931,0613.280 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: Low water at Glencapel ferry |
Museum number: 1973,0224.39 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: Chains, Polperro Harbour |
Museum number: 1931,0613.160 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1888

print

Title: St. Osyth Mill Wharf |
Museum number: 1931,0613.387 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1902

print

Title: A Slant of Light in Polperro Harbour (No.1) |
Museum number: 1931,0613.372 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1901

print

Title: Crowhurst, Sussex |
Museum number: 1931,0613.388 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1902

print; invitation

Museum number: 2002,U.225 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1909

print

Title: Little Devil's Bridge, Over the Russ Above Altdorft, Switzerland |
Museum number: 1931,0613.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: Via Mala Swiss Bridge, Mont St Gothard |
Museum number: 1901,0424.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Dee Sands |
Museum number: 1931,0613.532 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1920

print

Title: Mount St Gothard |
Museum number: 1931,0711.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1907

print

Title: View of a Lake Derwentwater |
Museum number: 1931,0613.322 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Parkgate |
Museum number: 1931,0613.214 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1890

print

Title: A Dead Calm in Itchenor Channel |
Museum number: 1931,0613.185 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1890

print

Title: Moonrise on the Bure |
Museum number: 1955,1020.34 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1922

print

Title: Bonneville, Savoy |
Museum number: 1931,0613.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner

print

Title: Mount St Gothard |
Museum number: 1931,0711.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1920

print

Title: Shipping at the Entrance of the Medway, No.2 |
Museum number: 1901,0424.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Evening on the Thames |
Museum number: 1931,0613.433 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1912

print

Title: Orion Over Thames at Ranelagh |
Museum number: 1931,0613.479 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1914

print

Title: Baydean |
Museum number: 1931,0711.25 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1925

print

Title: Little Devil's Bridge, Over the Russ Above Altdorft, Switzerland |
Museum number: 1931,0613.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: The Thames at Twickenham |
Museum number: 1931,0613.477 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1912

print

Title: Shipping at the Entrance of the Medway, No.1 |
Museum number: 1931,0613.310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Mount St Gothard |
Museum number: 1931,0711.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1920

print

Title: A Yorkshire Road Wendsleydale |
Museum number: 1931,0613.177 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Peter De Wint |
Production date: 1898

print

Title: View of a Lake Derwentwater |
Museum number: 1901,0424.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: The Leader Sea-Piece The Guard Ship at the Nore |
Museum number: 1931,0613.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner

print

Title: Via Mala Swiss Bridge, Mont St Gothard |
Museum number: 1931,0613.348 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner

print

Title: In the Cotswolds |
Museum number: 1931,0613.415 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Sir Alfred East |
Production date: 1908

print

Title: In the Cotswolds |
Museum number: 1931,0613.416 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Sir Alfred East |
Production date: 1908

print

Title: Twilight on the Campagna, Rome |
Museum number: 1931,0613.456 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Giovanni Costa |
Production date: 1889

print

Title: Ebb-Tide, Putney Bridge |
Museum number: 1931,0613.59 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: Putney |
Museum number: 1931,0613.511 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: Putney |
Museum number: 1931,0613.512 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: Bridge at Mitcham |
Museum number: 1931,0613.367 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1899

print

Title: Wandsworth Reach |
Museum number: 1931,0613.384 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: A Span of the Old Battersea Bridge |
Museum number: 1931,0613.371 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1899

print

Title: Twickenham Ferry |
Museum number: 1931,0613.434 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1913

print

Title: Willow Trees at Mitcham |
Museum number: 1931,0613.366 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1899

print

Title: St Augustine, Stepney |
Museum number: 1931,0613.45 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1884

print

Title: Old London in "Healtheries" |
Museum number: 1931,0613.450 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1884

print

Title: The Night Picket Boat at Hammersmith |
Museum number: 1931,0613.500 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1916

print

Title: Hammersmith Bridge Under Repair |
Museum number: 1905,0426.48 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: In Arundel Park |
Museum number: 1973,0224.45 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1909

print

Title: The Valley of Desolation, Near Bolton |
Museum number: 1931,0613.118 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: Stowey House Garden |
Museum number: 1931,0613.421 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1908

print

Title: Seaford Head No.1 |
Museum number: 1931,0711.27 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1931

print

Title: Stonehenge at Daybreak |
Museum number: 1931,0613.343 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1897

print

Title: Torcello |
Museum number: 1973,0224.64 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1931

print

Title: Torcello |
Museum number: 1973,0224.66 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1931

print

Title: St. Magnus Church, Billingsgate. No. 2 |
Museum number: 1931,0613.43 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1884

print

Title: Torcello |
Museum number: 1973,0224.62 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1931

print

Title: The Bell Tower, Monnikendam |
Museum number: 1931,0613.278 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: The New Inn, Poole |
Museum number: 1931,0613.47 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1884

print

Title: Rye Pier, Evening |
Museum number: 1931,0613.140 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1888

print

Title: Low Water at Glencapel Ferry |
Museum number: 1931,0613.239 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: Iron Hulk, Liverpool |
Museum number: 1931,0613.221 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1890

print

Title: The Mouth of the Thames -- Isle of Sheppey in the Distance |
Museum number: 1931,0613.457 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Sunrise, Ramsgate |
Museum number: 1955,1020.32 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1904

print

Title: Fisherman's Castle, Bosham |
Museum number: 1931,0613.132 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1887

print

Title: Hayle, Cornwall |
Museum number: 1931,0613.156 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1888

print

Title: Nithsdale |
Museum number: 1931,0613.248 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Flatford Lock |
Museum number: 1931,0613.455 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:John Constable |
Production date: 1889

print

Title: Timber-Wharf, Liverpool |
Museum number: 1931,0613.215 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1890

print

Title: On the Nith |
Museum number: 1931,0613.252 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Pit Gin Left Behind |
Museum number: 1931,0613.21 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1883 |
Production place: Published in:Stourbridge

print

Title: Caerlaverock Castle |
Museum number: 1931,0613.247 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1893

print

Title: Wet evening at Seaford |
Museum number: 1973,0224.37 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1933-1934

print

Title: Wet evening at Seaford |
Museum number: 1973,0224.35 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1933

print

Title: An April Day in Kent |
Museum number: 1931,0613.396 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1903

print

Title: Invitation Card |
Museum number: 1931,0613.527 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1895

print

Title: The Road Into Annan |
Museum number: 1931,0613.263 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortPublished by:John Cumming Nimmo |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: Procris and Cephalus |
Museum number: 1931,0613.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: In a Cider Country |
Museum number: 1931,0613.506 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Alfred Parsons |
Production date: 1886

print

Title: Niagara Falls |
Museum number: 1931,0613.354 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1893

print

Title: Detail of German Cupboard Front |
Museum number: 1931,0613.38 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1884

print

Title: Twenty Minutes Late!! No. 2 |
Museum number: 1931,0613.289 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1893

print

Title: Wedding Card |
Museum number: 1931,0613.178 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1889

print

Title: Berry Pomeroy Castle Raglan Castle |
Museum number: 1931,0613.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Frank ShortAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: Experiment in Printing |
Museum number: 1931,0613.134 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1887

print

Title: Life Study |
Museum number: 1955,1020.6 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1886

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