The Wood-cutters

Sir Hubert von Herkomer British, born Germany
 Printer Chardon French
 Publisher The Printsellers' Association, London British

Not on view

Part of the series titled "Modern Artists" that Virtue published 1880–82, this print is based on an 1874 watercolor shown by Herkomer the Exposition Universelle, Paris in 1878. A printed summary report by the United States Commissioners described the drawing as, "workmen turning the trunk of a tree they have felled...admirable in its action and drawing, and very pleasing in its clear gray tones." The costumes place the scene in Bavaria, the German state where Herkomer was born and returned as a young artist to find subjects.

The Wood-cutters, Sir Hubert von Herkomer (British, Waal, Bavaria 1849–1914 Budleigh Salterton, Devon), Etching and rocker on chine collé; proof

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