“Old Sun Inn, Saffron Walden” by William Palmer Robins – Old Sun Inn, Church St, Saffron Walden, Essex, UK
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N 52° 01.458 E 000° 14.397
31U E 310641 N 5767337
A drawing of the Old Sun Inn looking East up Church St.
Waymark Code: WMMVW4
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/11/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
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William Palmer Robins was born in Southwark in 1882, the son of an art teacher. He was encouraged in art by his father. He trained for two years in architecture in a firm owned by Professor Banister Fletcher, later moving on to the St Martins School of Art, where he stayed as an instructor for twenty years. He learnt the craft of etching under Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art. He became a member of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers in 1917. He exhibited in Venice, Florence, Paris, Zurich and Los Angeles.

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The drawing, in pen and ink and wash, and dated to 1941, is in the collection of the V&A museum.
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Artist: William Palmer Robins

Date of Painting: 01/01/1941

Date of Your Photograph: 11/11/2014

Medium of Painting: Pen. ink and wash

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