Charles Albert Waltner (1846-1925); "The Parish Clerk".  Etching after Thomas Gainsborough.  signed in plate  "1878" LR.  Sheet 12 x 17"; plate - 9 5/8 x 7 3/4". "Alton Mill" watermark.

Waltner exhibited at the Royal Academy 1880-91; won the Grand Prize at the Expo Universelle 1900.  He contributed to the "Journal de Beaux Artes" and "L'Art".  He was a noted and prolific etcher of  painting reproductions.  "The Parish Clerk" was one of Gainsborough's most admired paintings.

Excellent condition on full sheet with wide margins.   

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